The new sick man of Europe : the European Union
Subtitle: French dispirited, attitudes diverge sharply from Germans
Publisher: Pew Research Center
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Public opinion; Economic integration; Europeans; Attitudes; European Union
Description: Support for European economic integration is down over last year in five of the eight European Union countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center in 2013. Positive views of the European Union are at or near their low point in most EU nations, even among the young, the hope for the EU's future. The favorability of the EU has fallen from a median of 60% in 2012 to 45% in 2013. And only in Germany does at least half the public back giving more power to Brussels to deal with the current economic crisis. These are among the key findings of a new study by the Pew Research Center conducted in eight European Union nations among 7,646 respondents from March 2 to March 27, 2013.
Notes: "May 13, 2013."