Poles on European integration
Author: Beata Roguska
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2026-02-17
Attitudes towards Poland's presence in the European Union have remained practically unchanged since July 2025. Support for Poland's EU membership is expressed by 82% of respondents, while 14% oppose it. The highest level of approval for Poland's membership in the EU was noted in June 2022, when 92% supported it and only 5% opposed it.
Attitudes towards Poland's EU membership

Currently, 38% of Poles express the belief that EU membership excessively restricts the sovereignty of our country (6 percentage points less than two years ago), while half (50%, an increase of 7 points since 2024) disagree. Concerns related to the reduction of Poland's sovereignty primarily involve agriculture and agricultural policy, as well as the environment and climate protection and energy transformation.
Which view is closer to your own opinion?

Since 2022, approval for deepening European integration has clearly decreased. Currently, Poles are more divided in their opinions on the desired direction of changes in the EU. Similar percentages advocate for deepening integration (26%) and for increasing the role of nation-states (23%) or even for Poland's exit from the EU (5%). Nearly one-third (32%) would like to maintain the status quo.
Which of these possible visions of Poland's and the European Union's future is best from your own perspective?

The percentage of supporters of Poland's exit from the EU in our society is small, but the option of a potential Polexit occasionally resurfaces in public debate, especially in social media. In this regard, we asked respondents about their expectations regarding the consequences of such a scenario. We used the social assessment of the effects of Brexit as a reference point. The example of the United Kingdom rather discourages Poland from following a similar path. In public opinion, the UK has rather lost (46%) than gained (10%) from leaving the European Union. The remaining respondents believe that this move brought the UK as many gains as losses (22%), or, equally frequently, could not assess its effects (22%). The consequences of a hypothetical exit by Poland from the EU are viewed even more negatively: almost two-thirds (62%) expect that the effects of such a decision would be rather negative, while only nearly one in ten (9%) sees mainly benefits associated with it. The equal balance of gains and losses is predicted by 16% of respondents.
In your opinion, did the UK's exit from the European Union bring it ...

Would Poland's exit from the European Union bring our country…

More information about this topic can be found in CBOS Flash report in Polish: "On Poland's participation in the SAFE program", March 2026. Fieldwork for national sample: February 2026, N=1000, CATI and CAWI interviews. The sample is representative for adult population of Poland.


