Europeans Now See Russia as an Adversary, but Not China, Poll Says (www.nytimes.com)

The poll indicates that majorities in all 11 countries are unwilling to support the United States against China if there were to be a military escalation between these two powers and would wish to remain neutral.

At the same time, Russia is increasingly seen as an adversary or rival, a view held by some 64 percent of respondents, an increase from about a third of respondents when the same question was posed in a 2021 poll.

Europeans clearly see the RussiaChina alliance and that its formed against the West, but they treat them differently, said Jana Puglierin, coauthor of the report accompanying the poll. That only changes if China supplies arms to Russia.

Indeed, 41 percent of Europeans would support economic sanctions against China if Beijing were to provide significant military aid to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, while 33 percent would oppose that step.

The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points in larger countries and plus or minus three percentage points in smaller ones.