Actually European!? 2022 - Citizen Expectations towards German EU Policy at the "Zeitenwende”

In this context, this year's Actually European!? study examines how German citizens evaluate the actions of the German government and the EU and what expectations they have of Germany's role in Europe. [...] The long-term study also surveys what Germans perceive to be the country’s role within the EU for the fourth year in a row. [...] THE MOST RELEVANT FINDINGS OF THE REPRESEN- Rating Germany’s role in the EU over time, 2019-2022 TATIVE SURVEY1 • Germany should be more active in the EU: Less than 100% half of German citizens (49.6%) currently perceive 76.3 % 72.8 % 67.9 % 72.0 % their government as being active in the EU, while 40% 80% regard their government as less so. [...] more efficient decision-making processes, such as the As a source of funding, 49.4% favor the introduction expansion of majority voting in the European Council of EU taxes (e.g. [...] The Stability and Growth 3.8%) believe that the costs outweigh the benefits, Pact should, for example, be adjusted to treat invest- which can be attributed in part to the overall surge in ments in decarbonization separately (e.g.