A majority of people across the EU’s five biggest member states believe the European Commission sold citizens out when negotiating a “humiliating” tariff deal with Donald Trump that “benefits the US” far more than Europe, a survey has shown. The poll, by Cluster17 for the European affairs debate platform Le Grand Continent, found 77% of respondents – ranging from 89% in France to 50% in Poland – thought the deal would benefit above all the US economy, with only 2% believing it would benefit Europe’s. Across the five countries, which accounted for about 60% of the bloc’s population, an average of 52% described the deal agreed in July by Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, as a “humiliation”. Under the deal, the EU is to remove tariffs on all US industrial goods and provide preferential market access for a wide range of US seafood and agricultural goods. Most EU goods entering the US, however, will be subject to a 15% baseline tariff. In addition, EU firms are to invest an extra $600bn (£443m) in the US, and the bloc must buy $750bn of US energy and dramatically increase spending on US defence exports – requirements viewed negatively by more than two-thirds of poll respondents. Von der Leyen hailed the agreement as “a huge deal” that brought “stability” and “predictability”, as well as avoiding Trump’s threatened 30% tariff rate. However, commentators have argued that the EU gave up far more that the US, and in effect capitulated to Washington’s bullying. That is a view shared by most Europeans, judging by the poll, which was published on Tuesday. An average of 75% of respondents said von der Leyen had defended European interests “very” or “fairly” badly. Almost 70% said they would be willing to boycott US goods over the terms of the deal; 44% considered Trump “an enemy of Europe”; 47% felt he had “autocratic tendencies”; and 36% said he “behaves like a dictator”. More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they were very or fairly dissatisfied with the EU’s approach to the Trump administration, with almost 40% saying they felt the bloc should stand up and oppose the whims of the US president. skip past newsletter promotion Sign up to This is Europe Free weekly newsletter The most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment Enter your email address Sign up Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on Newsletters may contain information about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. If you do not have an account, we will create a guest account for you on theguardian.com to send you this newsletter. You can complete full registration at any time. For more information about how we use your data see our Privacy Policy . We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. after newsletter promotion Days before von der Leyen is scheduled to deliver her 2025 “state of the union” address, a clear majority of respondents (60%) across the five countries said they would view the commission chief’s resignation “very” or “fairly” favourably. In a clear message to Brussels, although majorities ranging from 85% in Spain to 61% in France felt their country should remain an EU member, 37% said that if the bloc failed to protect its citizens from geopolitical risks, quitting “should be envisaged”.