Portugal is the second country in the EU which is least worried regarding the spread of disinformation, with only 57% of the country's citizens interviewed being concerned with how it could affect the European elections in May 2019.

The southern European country is second only to Estonia in the survey, which was conducted by telephone interviews in September in all 28 EU Member States. Over 26,000 citizens were interviewed about their perception of fake news.

The average of those concerned regarding the impact of fake news on the EU elections was 73%.