Europeans view the militant group Islamic State as the biggest threat facing their countries, ahead of climate change, economic instability and refugees, a survey by the Pew Research Center showed Monday.
Respondents in nine of 10 European countries surveyed said they see the Islamic State, also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL, as the greatest danger, with 93 percent of Spaniards and 91 percent of French describing the group as a "major threat."
Most of the surveys were conducted in April, a month after militants loyal to the group killed 32 people at Brussels Airport and in attacks on the city's metro system. The Pew report was published a day after a gunman who had pledged allegiance to IS killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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