Merkel garners more confidence than other European leaders % who have confidence in to do the right thing regarding world affairs Netherlands
While public attitudes toward individual leaders are mixed, Europeans express the most confidence in Germany’s Angela Merkel. Across 14 EU countries, a median of 57% express confidence in Merkel’s ability to do the right thing regarding world affairs. Views of French President Emmanuel Macron are more mixed, while Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban get generally negative reviews from people on the continent.
Merkel garners more confidence than other European leaders  | % who have confidence in  | to do the right thing regarding world affairs  | German Chancellor  | French President  | Russian President  | Hungarian Prime  | Angela Merkel  | Emmanuel Macron  | Vladimir Putin  | Minister Viktor Orban  | Sweden  | 86%  | 69 %  | 17 %  | 1 %  | Netherlands  | 82  | 70  | 24  | 27  | Germany  | 74  | 73  | 36  | 23  | France  | 4  | 48  | 28  | 22  | Spain  | 69  | 60  | 21  | 22  | UK  | 55  | 26  | 32  | 9  | Lithuania  | 3  | 45  | 23  | 27  | Bulgaria  | 50  | 32  | 62  | 34  | Poland  | 46  | 36  | 15  | 45  | Italy  | 44  | 26  | 38  | 12  | Slovakia  | 37  | 44  | 49  | 40  | Hungary  | 28  | 18  | 28  | 45  | Czech Rep.  | 25  | 30  | 33  | 30  | Greece  | 22  | 31  | 52  | 12  | EU Median  | 57  | 45  | 28  | 27  | Ukraine  | 66  | 41  | 11  | 15  | Russia  | 23  | 73  | 34  | 17  | Source: Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey. Q38c,d,e,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 