Britain & the EU - What's Happening?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
That's why polls show the Dutch are even less fond of the EU than our British friends(!)

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.