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How much of Auld Lang Syne do you know?

None of it: 23%
Less than the first verse and chorus: 34%
First verse and chorus: 33%
More than first verse and chorus, but not all 5 verses: 9%
All 5 verses and chorus: 2%

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December 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Do Europeans think the US is a reliable NATO partner?

Germans, Italians, Britons and Poles (51-54%) think the US would help defend them against Russia, but the French and Spanish are divided

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Europeans tend to think Donald Trump wants Russia to win the war in Ukraine

Russia: 37-51%
Ukraine: 7-16%
No preference: 17-21%

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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How many Europeans support sending peacekeepers to Ukraine?

🇪🇸 63% support
🇬🇧 56%
🇩🇪 42% (net -2)
🇫🇷 40% (net +4)
🇮🇹 40% (net -4)
🇵🇱 36% (net -7)

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Europeans think it is likely that Russia would invade Ukraine again within 10 years of a peace deal

🇬🇧 72%
🇵🇱 68%
🇪🇸 59%
🇫🇷 52%
🇩🇪 50%
🇮🇹 45%

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Net support for backing Ukraine until victory (+) vs a negotiated peace (-)

🇬🇧 +24
🇵🇱 +6
🇫🇷 -10
🇪🇸 -5
🇩🇪 -12
🇮🇹 -33

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Where do Europeans stand on the Ukraine war at the end of 2025?

% in each country who say they want Ukraine to win, and care that it does so

🇬🇧 70% (+3 from Mar)
🇪🇸 66% (+9)
🇵🇱 65% (new)
🇩🇪 54% (+2)
🇫🇷 40% (-10)
🇮🇹 33% (-1)

(Only 1-7% say same for Russia)

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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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How popular is Donald Trump in Western Europe? December 2025

🇮🇹 -52 net favourability (+1 from Nov)
🇫🇷 -56 (+3)
🇪🇸 -58 (+4)
🇬🇧 -59 (=)
🇩🇪 -66 (-1)
🇩🇰 -82 (+3)

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December 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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How popular are European leaders in their own countries? December 2025

🇮🇹 Meloni -21 net favourability (-1 from Nov)
🇩🇰 Frederiksen -29 (-9)
🇪🇸 Sánchez -36 (-9)
🇩🇪 Merz -44 (-4)
🇬🇧 Starmer -59 (-4)
🇫🇷 Macron -63 (+4)

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December 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Is Auld Lang Syne dying out? Just 44% know even the main part, falling to 21% of 18-24yr olds

Over-65s (67%) and Scots (65%) are most likely to say they know this much of the song

Know more than main part: 11%
Know main part: 33%
Know less: 34%
Don't know any: 23%

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December 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Every week this year we asked Britons what news story they had heard most about - here are 2025's top stories in one chart

1. 64% Budget (Nov/Dec)
2. 63% US/Israel vs Iran clashes (Jun)
3. 62% LA wildfires (Jan)
4. 56% US tariffs (Apr)
5. 55% Pope Francis death (Apr)

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December 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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YouGov most important issues tracker, 27-29 December 2025

Economy: 55% (+2 from 20-22 Dec)
Immigration: 51% (=)
Health: 34% (+2)
Defence: 20% (=)
Crime: 18% (-2)
Welfare: 17% (+1)
Housing: 17% (=)
Tax: 16% (-1)
Environment: 15% (-1)
Brexit: 14% (+1)

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December 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 27-29 Dec 2025

Approve: 12% (-1 from 20-22 Dec)
Disapprove: 68% (-1)
Net: -56 (=)

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December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Support for pension reform proposals is typically limited at best across surveyed countries, and there is net opposition in each nation to...

-Raising the pension age
-Raising taxes
-Reducing funding to elderly services
-Reducing value of state pension

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Despite expressing concerns about affordability, most people in each country surveyed also say that the state pension is too low

🇺🇸 53%
🇬🇧 55%
🇪🇸 60%
🇫🇷 70%
🇮🇹 73%
🇩🇪 77%
🇵🇱 83%

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Most non-retired Europeans and Americans surveyed are not confident they will have enough money to live a comfortable retirement

🇺🇸 51% not confident
🇩🇪 57%
🇬🇧 57%
🇪🇸 64%
🇫🇷 66%
🇵🇱 71%
🇮🇹 72%

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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UK pensioners are more likely than those elsewhere to think the state pension system is, and will continue to be, affordable

Currently...
GB pensioners: +44 net affordable
Other countries: +22 to -23

By time people in 30s/40s retire...
GB: -14
Other: -24 to -43

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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32-61% of Europeans and Americans think their state pension system is already unaffordable, rising to 49-66% by the time those in their 30s/40s now retire

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Europeans and Americans say state pension systems are unaffordable, but also that they are not generous enough - and they don't support reform options

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December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Britons living in rural areas support banning trail hunting by 50% to 35%

Most rural Britons say hunting has little to no importance to rural communities socially (51%) or economically (58%)

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December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Public support for keeping the fox hunting ban in place stands at 81%, a figure which has been consistent for at least the last six years

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December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Britons support a ban on trail hunting by 50% to 29%

Support by 2024 vote
Green: 64%
Labour: 62%
Lib Dem: 50% (net +22)
Reform UK: 45% (net +5)
Con: 34% (net -13)

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December 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Most voters say 2025 was a bad year for the UK...

Reform UK: 83% bad
Con: 77%
Green: 60%
Labour: 55%
Lib Dem: 54%

...and many expect 2026 to be bad too

Reform UK: 79% bad
Con: 67%
Green: 45%
Lib Dem: 40%
Labour: 37% (16% good, 33% average)

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December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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How good do Britons think 2026 will be for...

Themselves personally
Good: 39%
Average: 33%
Bad: 15%

The UK
Good: 9%
Average: 26%
Bad: 52%

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December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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How good a year do Britons say 2025 was for...

Themselves personally
Good: 36%
Average: 35%
Bad: 27%

The UK
Good: 6%
Average: 24%
Bad: 66%

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December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM