SOLO IL 23% DEGLI INTERVISTATI DALL'ULTIMO EUROBAROMETRO SONO IN FAVORE DELLA UE COME SI E' SVILUPPATA FINORA

 

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Experts from Facts4EU pored over the EU’s Spring Eurobarometer, published last week. And despite the bloc’s attempt to put a positive spin on the results, the pro-Brexit think tank pointed to a distinctly underwhelming verdict on its performance thus far - as well as the glaring omission from the research of any questions about Brexit and its impact.

Ask to choose the statement which most closely reflected their opinion, just 23 percent of all EU27 citizens chose: “I’m in favour of the European Union as it has been realised so far” - a drop of four percent compared with the previous survey.

For some countries, the results were even worse - in Italy and Greece for example, just 15 percent of respondents chose the option.

Facts4EU editor-in-chief Leigh Evans said: “One of the dangers of asking people what they think of you in an anonymous survey is that people might just tell you.

“And that is what the citizens of the EU27 countries have just done to the EU.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Union (Image: GETTY)

Facts4EU analysed the EU's own Eurobarometer survey (Image: Facts4EU)

“As ever we are in awe of the EU’s abilities to spin bad news.”

He added: “Despite this survey and its calamitous results for the EU's high command, Facts4EU.Org continues to believe that the EU will muddle on somehow - at least for now.

“It must be remembered that the majority of EU countries have always been net beneficiaries of ‘EU money’, a great deal of which came from the UK.

“They would have been fools for turning this down, and they didn't.

“The EU's largesse with British people's money (and that of the other few net contributors to the EU budget) has been compulsorily badged as coming from the EU Commission, on plaques and signage throughout all EU countries.”

Mr Evans explained: “Readers will have seen evidence of this in the UK for many years, despite the fact that this was in effect UK money, rebadged by the EU, and of which only a part was returned in the form of donations to local projects in the United Kingdom.

“That said, things are perhaps going to start changing. For example, Ireland - one of the most pro-EU countries - is now a net contributor to EU funds after decades of being a net beneficiary.

“We don't believe that this has yet sunk in, in the Republic, but when it does, Irish citizens might start to become more sceptical.