EU on brink as majority of French call for end of bloc as we know it despite power grab
In the poll by Ifop-EuropaNova, commissioned by Le Journal du Dimanche, released on December 25, the majority of those asked call for an end to the EU. Once those polled who answered 'undecided' were excluded, 58 percent called for an end to the bloc, despite France taking over the rolling presidency. Of the 1,022 asked, 40 percent - which was the majority - called for a Europe of nations with greater sovereignty for France.
This was in contrast to the 29 percent who called for a more integrated Europe.
Although Emmanuel Macron will now take power of the Council of the EU, one outspoken critic labelled the bloc as "outdated and ineffective".
It could be said that "outdated and ineffective" is likely to be a fair approximation of the the majority view in this polling population. Not an "outspoken" view at all.
2 comments:
One hopes that all these moderate and rational French people were inspired to be "outspoken" by the fact that Brexit didn't cause the sky to fall. And perhaps some of them saw how Barnier changed from being the EU Brexit negotiator to a would-be protector of French national interests.
Sam - yes, many EU citizens must have noticed that the sky didn't fall after Brexit and must also question what they get out of it. Rumblings of discontent could become interesting.
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