Negative F.Times Spin on EU: Except for Spain, Majorities or Pluralities in Five European Countries Believe Life Has Become Worse Since Joining the EU

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Negative F.Times Spin on EU: "Except for Spain, Majorities or Pluralities in Five European Countries Believe Life Has Become Worse Since Joining the EU says poll.

LONDON and ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A
Financial Times/Harris Poll shows that except in Spain, majorities or
pluralities of adults in the five largest European countries believe that
life in their country has become worse since it became part of the European
Union (EU), not a vote of confidence for the EU. Spanish adults are the
most positive about the effect that joining the EU has had on their
country, with more than half (53%) stating that life has gotten better. In
the other countries substantial proportions in (Britain 52%, France 50%,
Italy 47%, and Germany 44%) feel that life in their country has gotten
worse since their countries joined the EU." Note EU-Digest: Some polls seem to be designed to put a negative spin on the EU. Unfortunately the problem is that the result of some dubiously formulated polls, like this Financial Times/Harris Poll, can suddenly become 'the gospel truth" in the eyes of the ignorant public, because there are very few journalists or politicians around these days who have the courage to counter-act this nonsense. It is because of these "spin type polls" that most people also bought into the "fable" of the Iraq weapons of mass destruction story or that corporations have the interest of the public at heart. Shouldn't we also ask the question: "If we Europeans were not part of the EU, could we really be independent from outside economic and political forces?" Is there anyone who could list 3 issues to the contrary of that statement?