EU Barometer Poll: Europeans loosing faith in EU

Just 42% of Europeans say they trust the European Union, according to a new opinion poll, down six percentage points in just six months. The survey also found that fewer than half of Europe's citizens see their country's membership of the EU as a positive thing, but the European Commission is clinging to the positive elements of the report, particularly on economic governance.

A Commission spokesperson said the results show that citizens are asking for "more Europe", adding that the news comes as a boost ahead of next month's informal EU summit, which will focus on economic governance.

EU-Digest editorial comment : that is an amazing comment by the EU Commission spokesperson. He/she should have said that the recent Eurobarameter poll results really show that the EU Commission is doing a poor communicating job on the positives of EU membership.

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