More global influence for European Union

A survey of public opinion was conducted in 52 countries, by Gallup International in collaboration with the European Council on Foreign Relation (ECFR).
Released today, the result shows that the EU is the only great power in the world whose leadership is widely supported, due to the fact that the people want a more multi-polar world, and one in every three citizens around the world (35%) would like to see the European Union’s influence to grow.

According to the authors authors of the policy brief, Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard:

the EU is unique among the four big powers (the other three being the US, China and Russia) in that no-one wants to balance its rise.

The survey, based on interviews with 57,000 people from 52 countries - shows that world citizens most disapprove of an expansion of Iran (39%) and USA (37%), while one in every three citizens around the world (35%) would like to see the European Union to become a super power.

Well, this was probably the main idea behind of EU - to balance the power of USA.