Survey: European Majority Oppose US-Israel Attack on Iran

Republika.co.id, Brussels — A number of public opinion polls across Europe show that the majority of people in several countries oppose a US-Israel attack on Iran. According to polls released on Friday (6 March 2026), the majority of respondents in Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom oppose military intervention and support a cautious or neutral stance by their governments.

In Spain, a quick poll by research firm 40dB for the newspaper El País and Cadena SER radio found about 68 percent of respondents opposed a US-Israel attack on Iran. The survey also showed 57 percent supported Spain’s decision not to provide military backing to the US and Israel, while 53 percent believed the US should not be allowed to use Spanish military bases in the conflict. About 42 percent of respondents expressed agreement with the way Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is handling the crisis, while nearly 80 percent said they are closely following the developments of the conflict and are worried.

In Italy, a similar pattern was also evident according to a YouTrend poll for Sky TG24. The results showed 56 percent of respondents opposed a US-Israel military intervention in Iran. A majority of centre-right to centre voters supported the military move (57 percent), but a wave of opposition among centre-left voters reached almost 80 percent. About 48 percent of respondents thought the Italian government should remain neutral and act as mediator between the warring sides, while 29 percent said the government should condemn the attack and urgently call for a ceasefire.

In Germany, the latest public opinion poll published by public broadcaster ARD also shows low levels of trust in the United States and Israel. According to the survey, 58 percent of respondents judged the war waged by the US and Israel against Iran as unjustified. About 75 percent said they fear the conflict could spread to other countries, while trust in the US fell to 15 percent, the lowest in 20 years. The poll also indicated that only 17 percent of respondents considered Israel a reliable partner, while 85 percent believed that global politics is increasingly dominated by a system in which ‘power determines truth.’

In Britain, a poll conducted by YouGov showed limited public support for a US attack on Iran. The survey, conducted on 2 March, after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran, found 49 percent of Britons opposed the attack, while 28 percent supported it. Most respondents also rejected the use of the United Kingdom’s air bases for the US strike on Iran. A late February poll showed 58 percent opposed the use of those bases. Even when the 2 March poll added the condition that the operation targeted only missile sites, the level of opposition remained at 50 percent. The survey also showed that 45 percent felt the British government should neither praise nor condemn the US attack on Iran. Meanwhile, 47 percent believed Prime Minister Keir Starmer was handling the US-Iran tensions poorly, while 34 percent said he was handling the situation well.

Regional tensions rose following the joint air strikes by the US and Israel on Iran on 28 February that killed more than 1,000 people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than 150 schoolgirls, and several senior military officials. The conflict has sparked broad instability in the region, along with Iranian retaliation against a number of sites linked to the US in the Middle East.