Within the EU, Central and Eastern Europeans generally less likely than Western Europeans to say the would accept Muslims as relatives Europeans REGIONS: Western Europe CentraI/Eastern Europe They would be willing to accept Muslims as relatives
Central and Eastern Europeans in the EU are less willing than Western Europeans in the EU to say they would accept Muslims or Jews as members of their family or as neighbors. In nearly all of the Central and Eastern European countries surveyed, fewer than half of adults say they would be willing to accept Muslims into their family, including 29% who say this in Romania and 32% in Bulgaria. Meanwhile, in most of the surveyed Western European countries, more than half of adults say they would accept a Muslim into their family, including 66% who say this in Finland and 74% in Spain. The same general pattern holds when Europeans are asked about accepting Jews as family members or neighbors.
Within the EU, Central and Eastern Europeans  | generally less likely than Western Europeans to say  | the would accept Muslims as relatives Europeans  | REGIONS: Western Europe CentraI/Eastern Europe  | They would be willing to accept Muslims as relatives  | They view Christianity as important to their national identity  | 88%  | Neth.  | 22%  | 81  | Denmark  | 19  | 80  | Sweden  | 15  | Belgium  | 19  | 74  | Spain  | 38  | 70  | Portugal  | 62  | 66  | France  | 32  | 66  | Finland  | 32  | 60  | Ireland  | 48  | 57 58  | Croatia  | 55  | Germany  | 34  | 53 54  | Austria  | UK  | 34  | Slovakia  | 35  | 43  | Italy  | 53  | 32 33  | Poland  | 64  | Bulgaria  | 66  | 29 31  | Greece  | 76  | Romania  | 74  | 25  | Estonia  | 15  | 21  | Hungary  | 43  | 19  | Latvia  | 16  | Lithuania  | 56  | 12  | Czech Rep.  | 21  | 0%  | 20  | 40  | 60  | 80  | 100  | Note: In nearly all Central and Eastern European countries the dominant Christian  | denomination was included in the question wording (Catholic, Orthodox or  | Lutheran). For example. in Poland, respondents were asked how important it is to  | be Catholic to be "truly Polish Don 't know/refused responses not shown  | Source: Surveys conducted 2015 2017 in 34 countries  | See Methodology for details  | "Eastern and Western Europeans Differ on Importance of Religion, Views of  | Minorities and Key Social Issues  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 