Supporters of the "Pulse of Europe" movement take part in a pro-European rally outside the Chancellery prior to the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron on May 15, 2017 in Berlin. Support for the EU has grown since the U.K. voted to leave the union | Sean Gallup/Getty Images Forget Brexit, citizens ♥ EU: survey A study of 8 countries suggests that, despite persistent disagreements, the EU is back in voters’ favor even as the UK is preparing its exit.

BERLIN — The U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union may be strengthening rather than eroding pro-EU attitudes on the Continent, according to a report published Friday.

In all eight European countries surveyed — France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Sweden — voters said they were more likely than before the Brexit vote to see EU membership as an advantage for their country, according to the study, which was commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a Berlin-based think tank with ties to the German Social Democrats.

Compared to a similar survey conducted in 2015, respondents more readily associated the EU with "growing prosperity" and "opportunities." They also expressed increased support for shifting authority from the national to the European level, especially when it comes to foreign affairs and security, the taxation of multinational corporations and data privacy.

When it comes to pensions, unemployment and fiscal policy, respondents preferred national-level authority.

The authors of the study said the findings suggest that "while the upcoming departure of the British from the EU is cause for concern, it has not triggered any panic." Instead, Brexit may have played a role in galvanizing support for an institution which, having often been taken for granted, suddenly appears more precarious.

The British vote to leave the EU had led to warnings of a possible domino effect of victories by Euroskeptic politicians such as France's Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands' Geert Wilders in elections this year. However, neither candidate emerged victorious.

The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president may also be playing a role in renewed support for EU-wide cooperation, the study's authors said.

Nonetheless, several European issues remain divisive, according to the survey. Respondents agree that migration should be the EU's top policy priority, but differ on potential solutions.

Germans and Italians favor a European solution while people in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, whose governments have opposed efforts to redistribute refugees, prefer a national-level approach.

Opinions also vary on the euro, with a large majority of people in Germany and France confident in the single currency, while almost two-thirds of Italians do not view it as "secure."

The study also found that Euroskeptic and anti-EU parties have not lost their appeal, citing the right-wing Sweden Democrats, which are polling at roughly 23 percent.

The study does not suggest unbridled enthusiasm for the EU, but rather a set of "demands and expectations" held by its citizens, said Kurt Beck, a former Social Democrat politician and director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.