July 2013
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Poll highlights growing public mistrust about the EU: Public Consultation Market Research, which questioned 32,694 European Union citizens, has discovered that the majority of people do not trust the EU as an institution.
As many as 60% of the EU citizens who took part in the poll said they have no faith in the 28-nation bloc. Furthermore, the number of people who feel this way is rising - nearly two thirds of respondents on the continent “tend not to trust” the EU, representing a 3% increase from last year.
This figure included 83% of Cypriots, 80% of Greeks, 75% of Spaniards, 71% of Portuguese and 68% of Britons.
The annual Eurobarometer survey also found that 67% of Europeans feel their voice does not count in the EU, which is the highest level since 2004 when the question was first asked. Furthermore, 55% of the surveyants feel there is further economic turmoil ahead.
Ukip Deputy Leader, Paul Nuttall, commented on the findings: “This poll commissioned by the EU shows that support for and trust in the EU is falling month by month. As the euro-fuelled financial crisis become a social crisis of unemployment and hopelessness, mistrust in the EU is growing."
He added: “David Cameron has his work cut out for him as he tries to convince the British electorate to stay in the European Union.”
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