The EU has done a poll among EU citizens and the outcome is that about 65% of all Europeans are happy with the EU. Is it coincidence that this poll has been done in a time when it's clear that the support for the EU is declining? But more important: is it really true ? This poll has been done on behalf of the EU in Brussels, so this fact alone means that it's not independent. Would you chose a survey company which is not on your side ? If you look closely at the questions asked to the people, you can clearly see that the questions are stated in a way that the answer is likely to be in favor of the EU instead of against the EU. Example: "Taking everything into account, would you say that your country has on balance benefited or not from being a member of the EU". Respondents would think about the introduction of the Euro and the free borders, like I would do. But what is the expiry date of these ? What should be addressed in the questions asked should be related to recent issues, recent legislation, recent guidelines and demands. Brussels clearly proves to try to gain more and more control, taken away from its sovereign member states. Brussels is crossing the red line in this sense over and over again. If the survey would have been related to current and recent issues, the outcome would completely different and most probably showing a trend that more and more people are not happy with the EU anymore.
The EU has done a poll among EU citizens and the outcome is that about 65% of all Europeans are happy with the EU. Is it coincidence that this poll has been done in a time when it's clear that the support for the EU is declining? But more important: is it really true ? This poll has been done on behalf of the EU in Brussels, so this fact alone means that it's not independent. Would you chose a survey company which is not on your side ? If you look closely at the questions asked to the people, you can clearly see that the questions are stated in a way that the answer is likely to be in favor of the EU instead of against the EU. Example: "Taking everything into account, would you say that your country has on balance benefited or not from being a member of the EU". Respondents would think about the introduction of the Euro and the free borders, like I would do. But what is the expiry date of these ? What should be addressed in the questions asked should be related to recent issues, recent legislation, recent guidelines and demands. Brussels clearly proves to try to gain more and more control, taken away from its sovereign member states. Brussels is crossing the red line in this sense over and over again. If the survey would have been related to current and recent issues, the outcome would completely different and most probably showing a trend that more and more people are not happy with the EU anymore.
Those of us who have been around for awhile don't have to dig too deep to remember "never again".
Superb story-line coverage & support. Diconcerting if not jolting; 1930s Nazi Germany all over again, and yet again, brazen about it!