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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
That's why polls show the Dutch are even less fond of the EU than our British friends(!)
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Found the newspaper article of last weekend, titled "
Gekke Henkie in Europa":
"One in 4 civilians says to feel "involved" with Europe, 39% says they don't feel involved. These are the results from a Netherlands Foreign office study this month into the attitude of Dutchmen towards Europe. And this is true for the whole of Europe. Only 48% of the Europeans supports the membership of the EU, as was found in the Eurobarometer published late 2003. During the early nineties 69% of the Europeans found the EU a good thing.
But there's more: according to the Eurobarometer the Dutch are the least attached to Europe of all Europeans. Merely 29% of the Dutch says to feel involved with the EU, 68% says they feel "not much" or "not at all" involved with Europe. The Dutch even think more negative about Europe than the British, where 51% feel "not much" or "not at all" involved with Europe.
Ask the Dutch about Europe and 8 out of 10 civilians say: gravy train."
Need I say more?
H.