Support for the EU falls to a nine year low; Only 50% of Germans consider EU membership “a good thing” – down 10 points in less than a year
Support for the EU falls to a nine year low; Only 50% of Germans consider EU membership “a good thing” – down 10 points in less than a yearThe Commission’s Eurobarometer poll, published yesterday, has shown that support for the EU has dropped to its lowest levels in nine years. Only 49 percent of respondents from across Europe considered membership of the EU to be a “good thing” down 4 percentage points from last years poll, while trust in the bloc’s institutions has dropped to 42 percent, six points down compared to autumn 2009.http://www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/summary.aspx?id=1174
