This statistic illustrates how European citizens would vote in a potential referendum regarding their country's EU membership, as of 2018. According to the data, support for remaining in the EU is the highest in Ireland and Luxembourg with 85 percent each, followed by Sweden (83 percent), Germany (82 percent) and Netherlands (80 percent). Even though the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in the Brexit referendum of 2016, 53 percent of respondents in the survey would vote to remain.
If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?*
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* This question was phrased by the source as follows: "If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding (Our Country)'s membership of the EU, how would you vote?''
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European Parliament. (October 18, 2018). If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/
European Parliament. "If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?*." Chart. October 18, 2018. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/
European Parliament. (2018). If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/
European Parliament. "If a Referendum Was Held Tomorrow regarding Your Country's Membership of The Eu, How Would You Vote?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/
European Parliament, If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/ (last visited April 29, 2025)
If a referendum was held tomorrow regarding your country's membership of the EU, how would you vote?* [Graph], European Parliament, October 18, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/934229/european-citizens-attitude-towards-eu-membership-referendum/
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