Across Europe, people feel much less free than they say they did two years ago.

In per cent.

The questions read: "How free do you feel in your everyday life today, in terms of your ability to lead your life as you see fit?" and "Thinking back to two years ago before the covid-19 pandemic, how free did you feel in your everyday life?" The answers for both questions were (1) Free. (2) Partly free. (3) Not free. (4) Don't know.
Source: Datapraxis and YouGov (DE, FR, DK, ES, PL, PT, SE, IT, AT), AnalitiQs (NL), Alpha (BG), and Szondaphone (HU). 2021 © All rights reserved
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