# Seven in ten Europeans want their own army, poll shows

> A survey across 14 countries finds strong backing for EU military independence, even as faith in the US erodes and Germany stands apart on Ukraine.
- Title: Seven in ten Europeans want their own army, poll shows
- Summary: A survey across 14 countries finds strong backing for EU military independence, even as faith in the US erodes and Germany stands apart on Ukraine.
- Keywords: european union, military, defense, nato, ukraine, russia, united states, globsec, germany, romania, lithuania, france
- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/article/european-citizens-overwhelmingly-back-creation-of-an-eu-army-survey-finds
- Published: 2026-11-13T06:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: european union, military, defense, nato, ukraine, russia, united states, globsec, germany, romania, lithuania, france
## Seventy-one percent back EU army
A GLOBSEC survey of fourteen countries finds strong support for the European Union to have its own military, with backing highest in Romania at eighty-two percent.

> Some 71% of Europeans want the EU to have its own army
## Support spans across Europe
Lithuania backs the idea at seventy-eight percent, France at seventy-five percent. Even Poland and Bulgaria, traditionally wary of European defense integration, show seventy percent support.
## Americans seen as security threat
More than one-third of European respondents now consider the United States a security threat.In Germany, France and Britain, around half hold that view.
## Germany divided on Ukraine war
Forty percent of German respondents agree Ukraine's treatment of Russian speakers justified the invasion. Thirty-nine percent believe the West provoked the war. Just over half consider Ukraine's fight important to German security.
## Key takeaway

Seventy-one percent of Europeans support creating an EU army, with highest backing in Romania, Lithuania and France, amid doubts about US security commitment.