Why is it so popular in the U.S.?
Shouldn't the left actually be against it?
Posted on 06/06/2024 11:21:34 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The survey shows that Greece is an exception in its views on the EU. Credit: European Parliament, CC-BY-4.0 According to a Pew Research Center survey published just ahead of European Parliament elections this week, fifty-three percent of adults in Greece hold a negative opinion of the European Union (EU). Greece ranks at the bottom among countries surveyed.
The survey by the US think tank found that a median of 63 percent of adults in nine member countries have a favorable view of the bloc.
Among the member countries surveyed, views of the EU are most positive in Poland and Sweden, where roughly three-quarters hold a favorable view. In Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, at least six in ten adults evaluate the EU positively. Views are more tempered in France and Greece.
Greece EU Credit: Pew Research Center Opinions of the EU reached record highs in many member countries in 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Favorability slipped somewhat in 2023, and this year, the downward trajectory has continued in most countries. In 2021, for example, 63 percent of Germans had a favorable view of the EU. A year later, a record-high 78 percent of Germans expressed a positive opinion, but that fell to 71 percent in 2023 and 63 percent in the new survey.
Grecian Delight supports Greece Poland has seen the greatest decrease in favorable views of the EU since 2023, though views there remain broadly positive. The vast majority of Poles (88 percent) expressed a favorable view of the EU in 2023, but that percentage slipped to 76 percent this year. The drop in favorability has come amid protests by Polish farmers against EU climate policies and Ukrainian imports.
Leftists in Greece have more negative views of the EU In many surveyed countries—both within and outside the EU—people who place themselves on the ideological left are significantly more likely than their counterparts on the right to have a favorable opinion of the organization. These ideological differences are often on the order of 20 points or more.
Greece is a notable exception to this pattern. In Greece, a 56 percent majority of people on the ideological right have a positive opinion of the EU, compared with 31 percent of those on the left.
Greece EU In Greece, people on the left tend to view the EU less favorably. Credit: Pew Research Center As in previous surveys, supporters of right-wing populist parties in many European countries are less likely to have a favorable opinion of the EU. In Germany, for instance, those who support Alternative for Germany (AfD) are 42 points less likely than other Germans to view the EU favorably. There’s a similar pattern in France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the UK when it comes to right-wing populist parties in those countries.
Views of the EU also vary by age and education in some countries. Younger adults and people with higher levels of educational attainment tend to view the organization more favorably than older adults and those with less education.
Why is it so popular in the U.S.?
Shouldn't the left actually be against it?
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Why should the US left be against something it actively started and helped grow into what it is today?
I am shocked by the level of support retained by the failed EU autocrats.
It’s a threat to their continued hegemony.
The survey shows that Greece is an exception in its views on the EU …Tell that to the farmers from several EU member states headed for Brussels right now.
Considering Greece is one of the PIIGS, this attitude takes some chutzpah.
The left likes the EU, because the left has changed. EU is a powerful engine of wokeism and today’s left likes that, both in Europe and over here.
In Greece, though, the left is against the EU. The Germans who run the EU didn’t like Greece’s extensive welfare system and wanted it scaled back.
Note to Greece: The EU doesn’t care what you think. They own you.
Greece bankrupted herself, then begged the EU to bail them out. The EU did, and now the Greeks blame the EU for their economic problems. Typical liberals.
What “hegemony”, since the USA has been in retreat on the world scene whenever the left takes power? The left in the USA has enabled such powers as in the EU and Red China.
That’s EU propaganda.
Do you want to live on welfare all your life. Plus, doesn’t Ireland have one of the strongest economies in the EU?
Why give credence to EU propaganda terms?
We need the something in South America. Argentina will go to the dollar. Panama’s already there. Leave out Venezuela. Only democracies.
I wouldn’t, but I’m not European.
Haven’t been there for a few decades, but things haven’t changed for the better.
Though talk is still cheap...
Not how they see it.
The left is doing what Hillary termed “Smart Power”, by ceding US dominance to third world cannibals and piano penis midgets, they think this gives us magical “political capitol” somehow.
Also, instigating wars and color revolutions somehow makes us great in their eyes.
They see stabbing actual allies in the back just to prop up pretend and imaginary friends as a virtue.
Greece’s mouth has been writing checks its butt can’t cash for years.
Slaves often hate their masters.
I’ll believe Greece is serious if it starts to live within its means.
And it might want to do it before the EU drops them like a hot rock.
And a note to Greece: Crawling in bed with the ChiComs not a great idea, either.
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