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A Continent Divided by Readiness
While the political class in Brussels moves toward a war footing, the European public remains starkly divided. A recent Euronews poll revealed a staggering disconnect between government strategy and civic sentiment: 75% of respondents stated they would not be willing to fight for the EU’s borders. This highlights a profound “readiness gap” that threatens the democratic stability of the union. However, this reluctance is not uniform. In the “frontline states”—Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Finland—the perception of the threat is visceral. In these nations, concern over Russian aggression reaches as high as 62%, and the response has been a total societal mobilization.
