Posted on 01/10/2014 10:39:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg are the only EU countries where citizens approve the European Union’s leadership with a clear 50% majority, according to a recent poll by Gallup. Approval ratings in nearly all other member states have dropped dramatically since 2008, especially in the crisis-hit south.
The approval of the EU leadership is lowest in Greece (19%), Cyprus (21%) and Spain (27%), according to Gallup poll released on Wednesday (8 January).
Other countries with critically low approval ratings include the United Kingdom (29%), Sweden (30%) or the Czech Republic (30%).
The EU is still backed by a majority of Luxembourgish citizens, whose level of approval is the highest, at 67%. But only three other member states show a majority of people endorsing the EU leadership—Germany (59%), Belgium (56%) and Denmark (50%). …
(Excerpt) Read more at euractiv.com ...
Sounds like the EU and the US congress both have a tiny bit of a public relations problem.
> Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg are the only EU countries where citizens approve the European Union’s leadership with a clear 50% majority...
Thanks Olog-hai. Related:
EU to set up euro-election “troll patrol” to tackle Euroskeptic surge
Sunday Telegraph (UK) | 1:33PM GMT 03 Feb 2013 | Bruno Waterfield
Posted on 2/3/2013 9:32:15 PM by Olog-hai
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2985013/posts
Primed for a Tea Party Revolution...
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