Per the survey source, they asked respondents:

Question: Do you approve or disapprove of how [chief executive’s name] is doing?

Response options: 4-point approval scale, plus don’t know/no opinion

https://pro-assets.morningconsult.com/wp-uploads/2023/10/MCPI_MethodologyPrimer_Global.pdf

Multi party politics complicate things, yes, but that doesn’t negate a 16% approval rating from such a simple question.

Wherever it’s coming from, with this trajectory, you guys are going to lose democratic EU leaders. There’s just no way such approval ratings are politically viable. And it sure looks like demagogues are lined up to replace them.

If the EU keeps externalizing their problems, well, those external problems won’t matter before long. You can’t beat the demagogues at that game.