Who are the Most Eurosceptic Countries in the EU?

[@TLDRnewsEU]

P.S. For those asking, this video's thumbnail was based of QA7 of the most recent European Parliament Eurobarometer poll (Autumn 2023), which measured the percentage of people in each member state who think that EU membership is, "generally speaking...a good thing". Relevant data can be found here: europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3152 (go to Report --> EP Autumn 2023 Survey: Six months before the 2024 European Elections - Report - en) Hope that clears thing up and you enjoy the video!

[@attilaabonyi8879]

Thanks for the source, always make sure to back up your claims with trustworthy sources and keep making videos😊

[@benedettakiriaki]

And I quote: Standard Eurobarometer 100 - Autumn 2023: A positive perception of the EU The 100th Standard Eurobarometer survey shows that seven EU citizens out of 10 (70%) believe that the European Union is a place of stability in a troubled world. This is the case for a majority of respondents in all Member States. Greece has the same total agree (74) with Finland. But somehow Greece has an arrow depicting them hating EU? ?! Well I'm all pro "legalize it- don't criticize it", but my guy... you should smoke with SOME moderation 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@briankean7153]

Do your homework on IRELAND. 2 voted down EU treaty ffs . Are you a complete idiot 😂😂😂😂

[@oachkatzl93]

Regarding your thumbnail: next time you draw a map of Europe again, kindly make Crete a part of Greece again. 😉

[@davidfazekas2371]

Hello can you please look at Slovakia? There have been a lot of changes since you looked at it last time.

[@warrenschrader7481]

"France is also very dissatisfied......" Yeah, and water is also very wet.

[@hardouindelagrandiere8446]

French here, I burst out laughing from this comment 😂... fair is fair I suppose 😅

[@lizziemallow]

@@hardouindelagrandiere8446 same x'D

[@andersgrassman6583]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Silver_Prussian]

I feel like the french would go ona strike just for the sake of it even if they were ruled by somebody like Napoleon.

[@amadeuz819]

It explains it so well...

[@Pieter-Jan]

I heard someone say 'The density of EU flags is larger in all of Georgia than in Brussels'

[@Wozza365]

Lots of the Balkan countries it felt quite similar. Mostly around buildings receiving EU funds though.

[@donaldlee8249]

I wonder why

[@squirrel287]

​@@donaldlee8249Georgia love the eu but their politician hate it they are stuck and can't revolt since Russia already took some territories and will take the rest if they revolt.

[@Trolligi]

Yeah Georgia is famously pro EU

[@Trolligi]

@@donaldlee8249Russia moment

[@therealnuggetball]

A Czech here for an inside view: The Idea of leaving the EU is not really popular at all... The thing is that most people are just Eurosceptic - since the eurozone crisis and the 2015 migration crisis more people started to dislike the way the EU has been doing things. The big hiccup recently has been the green deal and euro 7 and the ban of manufacturing of motor cars by 2035 that was simple something Czechs hated since the Czech economy despite being quite diverse is mostly centered around industry and services - industry in the automotive sector mainly... So it's very understandable why people don't like that... The funny part is the current government is actually Eurosceptic with the leading party being a member of ECR group, but generally they have been in some people's eyes "too soft". The only party wanting to leave the EU is the opposition SPD you have mentioned but thier probability of getting into the next government aren't that high and even so they aren't getting a referendum either way... and possibility of a referendum anytime is literally close to zero... Because the other party ANO the populist centrist party dominating the polls is critical of several EU actions but is strongly against any idea of leaving... Generally Czech people like to be in a union of free travel and free trade, but hate when others are "too green". Important to say that for example the EU parliament elections have consistently gotten more and more attention every passing term... Currently almost 30% of the population is likely to vote in the elections which is a consistent increase since the last time EU elections were held... Also mutch like the Brits some Czechs generally have no idea how the EU works and just don't like it... So lack of knowledge is also a contributing factor

[@greekcomenterperson446]

Thank you for giving us the zetor

[@theli3x]

Also Czech people are quite realistic/pessimistic (Its connect to history and being the country whit lot of occupation), so even if we have good Prime minister (we had like 10) he doesnt have more than 30% of approval rate

[@HH-hd7nd]

It is perfectly fine to be sceptic about individual aspects of the EU - I think that's just normal and actually healthy for the EU. You cannot improve things if you don't iron out the areas where problems exist, so if everyone is quiet and doesn't voice their opinion on problems that do exist nothing gets worked on and nothing improves (and even I as a strongly pro-EU German admit that there are many issues within the EU that need to be adressed and solved). You simply can't start fixing problems without acknlowedging them first and the best way to do that is making your voice heared.

[@English_Dawn]

Brit here. They know only too well how the EU works. You need a John Huss 2.0. Not ideal for everyone but the English voter needs to know his vote COUNTS. That everything is transparent. They don't like leaving it to politicians anymore. There isn't a lot of trust. They don't go as far as the Czechs using defenestrations throwing people out of windows but the trust is minimal. Anglophone countries are like that, up front and visible. If the MP doesn't vote the way you want, you deselect them, end of story. We don't use PR. Each party publishes a manifesto earlier than the election. With PR you have vague ideas but the vital bit comes after the election, when the horse-trading takes place and jobs handed out, behind closed doors. When the EU was set up they planned to keep the public at arm's length. The three institutions are:- EU Council. ❌ EU Commission. ❌ EU Parliament. ✅ The first two enact laws are not subject to a public vote and run by bureaucrats. The third one cannot enact laws, only scrutinises laws. The public are allowed to vote for the politicians but it is very weak. How many countries are actually net contributors to the EU budget? Small number. They bankroll the others. There are too many mouths to feed. If others like Ukraine join, who is going to pay for them? The EU was good at the time but has become a Frankenstein's monster and will probably crumble. It's chief devficiency though is it's lack of democratic accountability.

[@mermeoth7178]

*Most Czechs have no idea how the EU works.

[@johnvanjohn825]

I'm kind of suprised hungary wasn't mentioned. Then again, support was strangely high in the poll. I wonder what the hungarian opinion is on the ground, when Orban isnt deciding it for them.

[@alexpotts6520]

It's more about the EU hating Hungary than Hungary hating the EU; they benefit too much from EU funds.

[@fungo6631]

Hungary and EU is like Arabs and Sweden. Both just want the free gibs.

[@exijthereal]

As a Hungarian, personally among my acquaintances I know very few that are against the EU, and those tend to be the sort to believe everything said on tv. Not sure how it is for the country as a whole, but at least this seems to be the thing around my city

[@johnvanjohn825]

@@alexpotts6520 The EU doesnt hate Hungary because of its use of funds (thats partially what the eu is for, after all). The Eu hates hungary because Orban torpedoes any bill or decision that would be beneficial to the eu (hungary included) for putins sake.

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

Hungary likes the EU. Most countries would if they were simply getting money off of it and not giving anything in return.

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

Wasn't mentioned, but Romania has a medium sized eurosceptic block, due to the Schengen veto fiascos.

[@Felineintuition]

Yes, thank you! I'm not an Eurosceptic but seeing this Schengen fiasco and how some Western countries double down on making the Eastern countries second-hand citizens, I can't help but question EU policies. I mean, it's all good to import the cheap Dutch, Italian and Spanish vegetables as well as all the other goods from other European countries due to lack of import taxes but when it comes to free movement of people... it's too much to ask 🙄 Can the West please get over their imperial past and start living in the present??

[@iGamezRo]

And because a lot of older people, who distruss the west in general due to Romania's transition from an industrialised economy to a consumerist one. They can't comprehend not producing things in your country. It is a form of nationalist autarky. A mentality left from communism.

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

For a lot of eastern european governments, its in their own self interest to limit schengen. Bulgaria and Rumania for example is loosing a lot of their youngest most skilled workers to France or germany.

[@andyyy1094]

​@@mam0lechinookclan607maybe I'm missing your point but not being Schengen has never stopped brain drain anywhere, including Romania, I'd say they're mostly unrelated.

[@dariusgunter5344]

Yeah that's just bullshit, but what I dont get is why people don't vote for reform inclined partys then, getting rid of the veto powers for example. Like tahts not just for romanians but in general, so amny peopel complain the EU doesnt work well, well tahts because it isnt desinged to work smoothly at this point in time, its desinged to make everyone equally unhappy, as you cannot make veryone equally happy. Reform and moe compentces would amke the working of the EU smoother and well better in general.

[@sebon3311]

Czech here. I'd like to make one thing a bit more clear when it comes to eurosceptic parties in Czechia. ANO, the biggest non-government party, is not as anti-EU as the video might have made it seem. ANO is, and always have been, for Czechia staying in the EU and never wanted to hold a referendum on leaving the EU. They are only opposed to joining the eurozone and some other rather minor topics. The only proper anti-EU party here is the SPD, which is over a long period of time polling at around 10-15%. To conclude, I don't think Czechia is necessarily as eurosceptic as this video might make you think. The idea of a Czexit is very much exclusive to the fringe of the political spectrum.

[@ayadhyist]

Czexit is a really bad exit name. Czeching Out is better.

[@TheTimsx]

SPD voters are slowly dying out, so does ANO voters.

[@therealnuggetball]

@@ayadhyist exactly! Can't believe nobody thought of that when making the term

[@therealnuggetball]

@@TheTimsx well ANO is generally growing so I wouldn't say that, but the core is simply just normal old people who want support from the government... SPD on the other hand basically completely ate up the former Communist voters and are very much old nationalist and far right people... Definitely agree that thier voters are likely dying out... More interestingly unlike ANO despite the unpopular government thier support has remained at 9-10% since the election in 2021 showing that there is just a loyal core and most people don't view the party as an option

[@SmithySmithTheFifth]

Czexit sounds pretty cool tho

[@FiG044]

European Union needs reforms that is all. Europe needs to stay unite.

[@vencik_krpo]

Yes indeed. We Czechs are not against the EU (who would be after Brexit?), we're just critical of it.

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

just screaming reforms means as much as saying nothing. Almost everyone would agree, that europe needs reforms. But almost no one can tell you, how these reforms should look like.

[@FiG044]

@@mam0lechinookclan607 i u derstand. That is why... We need better leaders.

[@toyotaprius79]

DiEM25

[@MrSonofsonof]

Everyone agrees there should be reforms. But whereas some want reforms to transfer more powers to the EU central institutions, others want reforms to transfer more powers to national governments.

[@antoinebilke1171]

Being French, skepticism is basically second nature, so this isn’t surprising at all. Also saw we have the least confidence in the future of the EU, which reminds me of a good quote ‘The French live in paradise but are convinced they live in hell.’ Great video keep it up.

[@kth6736]

French cities are much closer to hell than paradise.

[@giorgioguercio3331]

As an Italian living in France, I think the main reason behind french euroscepticism is national pride. I feel like a lot of people in France still think that France is as powerful/influential as giant countries like the US, China or India. Either we survive as a European federation, or we will succumb as national states.

[@_ata_3]

That's what i was going to comment. The French probably don't like the EU because it's not french enough 😂

[@krashme997]

That, my friend, is a result of what is called "gaullism", term derived from general De Gaulles and that every president has tried to emulate after him. He loathed the idea of being aligned with anything or anyone, and when he was in power France was probably one of the western countries who had the closest ties with communist regimes during the Cold War. I think this stance has had a deep influence on the way french people think.

[@palaven4048]

It's French arrogance and superiority complex I would say, similar to the British.

[@ΠέτροςΚιτσαράς]

You forgot to tell for the case of Greece and Cyprus, that EU, under the influence of Germany, has until now not taken any clear stance or had any real initiative on disputes with Turkey. Germany clearly does not want to pick sides, in order not to alienate Turks in Germany and thus leaves EU members vulnerable. (Speaking as a Greek/German myself)

[@QwoaX]

@@sassenspeyghel4155 How did the aid to Greece affect anyone's life savings? If anything, people who were stupid enough to buy Greek bonds had their life savings saved by the measures since the only other alternative was Greece defaulting on those debts, which as part of the Euro-zone could've led to a chain of events jeopardizing all Euro-denominated life savings.

[@mementovivere2]

Berlin never jeopardized the life savings of anyone. As if the german political elite would ever allow it! Get your facts straight.

[@DaDunge]

@@sassenspeyghel4155Yes I was also a bit annoyed when they called Germas nazis after havign just been loaned a shit ton of money.

[@willieckaslike]

As a Brit now domiciled in France. I think the VERY last thing UE needs, is a butcher like ERDOGAN as a member. His record on 'human rights' is appalling

[@roussounmanman]

Maybe because we're allies? I know, wild thought@@sassenspeyghel4155

[@ImperatorSomnium]

Since when we in Bulgaria have negative opinion on the EU?

[@sonneh86]

Perhaps since access to Schengen was blocked

[@ImperatorSomnium]

@@sonneh86 1st - not blocked, 2nd - we make local Bulgarian researches that show the opposite ...I don't know why, on this channel, data is always interpreted negatively in regards to Bulgaria ... I guess I should expect that from Western Europeans chauvinists

[@cerverg]

@@sonneh86 Nobody cares about Schengen in Bulgaria. It's more of a Romanian thing. I know lots of Bulgarians personally who do not want to be part of Schengen cause they think that the deal of entering will come with the condition of accepting and trying to keep more illegal (islamic) immigrants (and they are probably right)

[@cheezus4772]

The EU has been painted in a very bad light in Bulgaria for a few years now. It doesn't take a lot to sour public opinion. After the Schengen fiasco this is no surprise.

[@azured909]

It’s not the UE, it’s Austria that blocked it several times. Everyone else voted for it. A tiny country with barely any resources apart from being a parasite on other countries can block Schengen access with one vote.

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

As a cypriot national, from what I've heard and believe myself to an extent regarding general opinions on the EU, we have 3 main issues. 1. As you mentioned, there is a lack of representation as we believe that our voices aren't heard and don't matter. 2. The eurozone crisis treatment 3. EU's primarily in regards to fellow member states Germany in many people's eyes, complete absence of support during Turkeys illegal entrance of air space and exclusive economic zones, firing down Greece's airplane within the agean a few times, reopening of Famagusta in Cyprus by ertogan amongst other things. In general we have become very cynical especially the 20s to 40s age brackets about the eu just not caring. Not that our politicians complete and utter incompetence doesn't make the situation even worse. But thats another story

[@greattobeadub]

Well, Cyprus can leave the EU then and live with the consequences. Cyprus should never have been admitted to the EU or Euro before it was re-unified.

[@omer.g4386]

​@@greattobeadub It can't reunify if it's not the EU

[@matejlieskovsky9625]

Indeed, EU should pay more attention to its eastern edge. We'll all be stronger together. But I guess we have our hands full here in Czechia right now. 😢

[@xornxenophon3652]

Well, how much influence would Cyprus have out on her own? Being a small country means having small influence in matters where 450 million other people are also concerned. That naturally means that the gorillas, like Germany, France, Italy, Spain have far more influence than smaller countries, like Cyprus, Luxemburg or Denmark. It is just the way democracy works at an international level. You certainly would not complain that a single person has almost no influence on a national level in Cyprus, would you?

[@captainvanisher988]

@@greattobeadub By all technicalities Cyprus is one country. There is no need for "re-unification" because there is no part that needs to be reunified. Why you may ask? Because no one recognizes said part. It's like saying Moldova cannot be considered a sovereign country because of Transnistria and it needs to be unified before it is considered one. Which is an insane thing to say since Transnistria is only recognized by Russia. Same thing with Northern Cyprus. The idea is that Cyprus is one country, however there is an illegal occupation of the Northern region of Cyprus for some decades now.

[@alphamanticore2344]

ok, you did unironicaly just leave out Portugal for no reason

[@TugaAvenger]

It almost feels like it was recorded but cut out of the video. It''s an interesting case because we also suffered austerity, but feel the opposite of Greece. But we're keenly aware of the relevance of the EU, and 2010's austerity gets blamed more on the IMF, the local government, and northern countries (we remember the "booze and women" line) than the EU as a whole.

[@alphamanticore2344]

@@TugaAvengerthat's an almost perfect summary, yeah.

[@l23722]

@@TugaAvenger Portugal should have NEVER get in the EU. It was the most stupid thing our parents ever did!

[@RandomHuman1103]

​@@TugaAvengerspain and portugal have similar ideological structure as the eu+the fact that you get more funds that you pay back makes it a win-win for them...But a big loss for some other countries

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@l23722 If Portugal wasn't in the EU it would be something like Albania today. Are you crazy? LOL

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

This is maybe a bit of a technical video for TLDR, but I'd be interesting to see a breakdown on the economic and political impacts of eurozone expansion, both the existing eurozone, and on the countries it could expand to (probably splitting Bulgaria and Romania, which both are set to adopt the Euro, from the countries which could join the Euro but are basically choosing not to (Sweden, Czechia, Denmark....etc.)). It'd be interesting to get a take on whether expansion would make the Euro stronger (by expanding its economic reach) or weaker (due to the fiscal issues highlighted in the Eurozone crisis, which I think some efforts have gone to towards addressing). On the country side, it seems to me that the arguments for Euro adoption are pretty strong, given how much of their trade is presumably Euro-denominated, but it'd be interesting to see the analysis.

[@pole040]

As a Lithuanian, I can say why the majority of people are happy. Throughout the years people just wanted to have a fair shot, not be part of the USSR, and be able to do business with other countries freely. Now that we're part of the EU our results speak for ourselves, Lithuania did one of the biggest growth in the EU. Our GDP per capita grew more than in Poland, Portugal, Greece, and other countries that we far ahead of us in the past!

[@valentinstoyanov304]

It is really amazing that so many of my fellow Bulgarians are dissatisfied with our EU membership. Especially considering the fact that the EU accession is the best thing that happened to Bulgaria over the past one century. The economic, geopolitical and other benefits are tremendous, but it seems that a lot of people around readily deny all of it...😢

[@Wozza365]

Doesn't Bulgaria still have one of the fastest population declines due to emigration? I've not been to Bulgaria, but from a Bulgarian I've heard that has caused many problems, especially in smaller villages and towns. No doubt that EU migration has massively contributed to that.

[@raducora7159]

Because there's still a fairly large communist-nostalgic population that claim "it was better" before '89, because "the Government gave people stuff". Add to that the lazy people that actually welcomed capitalism and democracy initially, but then changed their minds once they saw you need to actually work in order to afford stuff. Not to mention the populist politicians that stole everything they could and then threw all the blame on "multinational corporations" We have the same issue in Romania. But generations are changing. There's better times ahead, my friend.

[@PascalGienger]

"Social Media" enables all this, Valentin.

[@PascalGienger]

@@Wozza365 I feel very appalled to see that the "argument" that joining the EU made "people leave" gains so much traction. It is the idea that walls should prevent people from leaving, like in the soviet era. Those walls can also be visa and immigration procedures of other countries.

[@Phengophobia]

I think they're just louder and more susceptible to propaganda from the Russian proxies. The second these people need visas to go to Greece or to visit their relatives abroad, they'd play a different tune.

[@talir3337]

Italy is the third highest net CONTRIBUTOR in EU. Meaning every year, Italy contributes around 4 billion euros more than it takes from EU. So please stop writing in the comments false information like "The countries that whine the most about EU, like Italy, are the countries that receive most money from EU".

[@tpower1912]

Same with France

[@BlueTigerReal]

Yeah same with Germany, those corrupt politicians steal our money.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

same with UK...

[@FrankeNamensKarim]

Well, it's not (only) about the money, it's difficult. The EU has some problems, but it also has advantages. In the end is everyone free to leave

[@des_moines840]

​@@FrankeNamensKarim l wish Italy could leave but we give too much money, the burocrats won't allow it

[@antoniotorcoli5740]

Interesting video. But the blunt question: " would you want your country exit the EU? " would have given a more clear picture about the real support ( or lack of it) for the EU . For instance, there are a lot of people ( including myself) who openly criticise the EU in some aspects but who are definitly pro EU.

[@theodorefruchart7058]

It is still very usefull to know the number of eurospectic people. Because after the Brexit, there isn't a lott of people who still support leaving the EU, but there is a lot who think the EU should have less power.

[@thodoriss3068]

That's not a complete question though. In greece for example, the reason people are against a grexit is the threat of isolation by the EU itself. In short, people are afraid that if we leave the EU, the union will not treat us as any other country but as an enemy. Such a thing would obviously be catastrophic. Therefore, your question would miss the eurosceptics that are afraid of the eu and that's why they support it.

[@antoniotorcoli5740]

@@thodoriss3068 after Brexit everybody is scared of leaving the EU. But certainly not of a sort of "punishing" action by the EU. The EU did not punish the UK in any way , and certainly it is not treating it as an enemy.The UK is punishing itself by isolating itself.

[@thodoriss3068]

@@antoniotorcoli5740 You can't compare the UK, which is one of the biggest economies in the world with small countries like Greece or Portugal or Cyprus. Even if it wanted to, the EU would not be able to isolate the UK without repercussions, even if it wanted to. Smaller countries don't have that luxury, therefore, leaving the EU is seeing the same as the end of their country and to be honest, it very well can be.

[@antoniotorcoli5740]

@@thodoriss3068 you missed my point: the EU does'nt have any intention to isolate the UK or any other country which would exit the Union. The so called " isolation" is a cosequence of becoming a third country, and being treated as such. Btw, some european countries, such as Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, have found different form of integration and their relations with the EU are excellent. The EU does'nt consider enemies its trade partners. But they are third countries. That 's it.

[@SingularityZ3ro1]

As an outsider's insider view: I would not have guessed that Cypriots are so critical about the EU. Maybe it is really what they remember from the finance crisis. Also, a lot of younger Cypriots seem to seek work in the EU, not on the island. So it would be fascinating who they asked. Also, because lots of older people from the UK are here, and it is obvious what the most of them would say. But well, a general distrust in the competency of politics, also likely ;-) As someone from the EU, who migrated to Cyprus, I did not notice this sentiment so far. Maybe also because I am not in the group of people who struggle financially - I noticed cost of living and rent go through the roof, though. With seemingly most salaries not going up. Like everywhere in the EU. Generally speaking, I am under the impression Cyprus benefits a lot from the EU regarding Infrastructure, protection / stability, and a really favorable barrier of entry for capital and investments, thanks to the Euro and EU Market. (Ok, I know it also have lost a lot of Russian capital, but I doubt that most of this capital really benefitted the local economy directly.) One thing I do notice is, that Cyprus would need more representation and Recognition. I think many EU citizens do not even know that Cyprus is part of the EU and where it is. It could be a great EU outpost, but it sometimes feels a bit isolated. Maybe the new Energy / Fuel Interconnectors etc. can change that, with Cyprus becoming a real bridge for the EU to Asia and Africa. Well, one the policy manages to get these projects going... I think it could be a nice move to also have an important / well known EU institution sitting in Greece, or even Cyprus. Just to get away from the centralism. The only negative thing is, that Cyprus has not made it into Schengen so far, I hope that will change. Would also be nice for Tourism. Well... and package delivery.

[@thodoriss3068]

That's because you look at ''surface'' problems like infrastracture. They are indeed problems that have seen great improvement through EU funds and life in general has gotten better thanks to membership. However Cyprus (and greece next door) also face a much more serious existential threat and that's turkey. Bayraktar drones constantly fly over cypriot airspace. A few years ago the country faced a very real threat of war for excersing its sovereign rights on its EEZ. UN resolutions were turned into toilet paper by opening Famagusta from the turkish side and even UN personel was attacked by turkish settlers a few months ago. The EU's response to all this? Calls for restrain on both sides. The union essencially shows that if push comes to shove, it won't have Cypru's back, but it also demands that Cyprus follows along with anything the union asks. Generally, cypriots are not against the EU, because their lives have improved a lot thanks to their membership and it has also bought them a certain degree of peace. But they can also see that if they no longer serve the union's interests, they will be discarded and that definitely brings a lot of sceptisism into play.

[@DudeWatIsThis]

Czechs don't want the euro currency because their entire "Bielorrusian Rubbles" money exchange industry would fall apart.

[@PascalGienger]

Do not forget the motorway sticker scam at every road border. Hiding the official machines for it in the backyard of the border rest stop. And not having ANY sign with a QR code or something like that to show how to buy it online by entering your license plate with direct registration.

[@skillerbg]

That industry belongs to the Gypies, not Czechs

[@therealnuggetball]

Well it's actually mainly Bulgarians that do that shit here 😅

[@pragueuprising560]

I cackled at this

[@squirrel287]

We joke about it but there are so many scam in Czechia I loved the country when I visited maybe the best country I have ever visit but so many scam if euro was there everything would be so better.

[@jaanisliepa]

Lithuania is not a former communist country, it was occupied by a communist county.

[@nyaatell]

Some of the western countries seem to have trouble understanding it.

[@ErnestasMage]

Theyxre UK'ers they'll never understand it.

[@bofostudio]

​@@ErnestasMageThey don't go around describing Ireland as formerly British though, or Greece as formerly Ottoman.

[@ErnestasMage]

@@bofostudio Yup, only countries occupied by the USSR got that treatment.

[@worldinsights930]

​@@bofostudiothat's a strange comparison. Ottoman and Brítish were "nationalities" or geographic gentilics (though they overlap many different national groups like the Welsh or Armenians), while Communism is an ideology or political/governmental/economic system. Soviet would be the ideal counterpart.

[@t-pnaminami3808]

You could do a video on the countries which are split on how they think about the EU, and why. I think that would be interesting.

[@johnmartin17t]

The challenge within the EU lies in its considerable bureaucracy, where well-compensated leaders appear to contribute minimally to aiding the less fortunate in Europe and supporting farmers facing tough competition from China or Vietnam. Additionally, there seems to be a lack of assistance in fostering competitiveness with the USA and China in the field of AI, along with burdensome bureaucratic procedures affecting various aspects.

[@MarktYertd]

yes, you are right.

[@nnnik3595]

Also in well off countries there is a feeling that these countries are footing a massive bill while getting less influence than clowns like Orban.

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

I mean this is a whole ither thing. The US ivents shit, that makes the whole of humanity worse than before. If europe isnt building skynet, i am not so sad about it.

[@fungo6631]

How many people are farmers though? In democracy it's the majority that matters. When the majority are urbanites, it's no surprise farmers are left behind. It's more complex than just EU not caring about farmers. There's this thing called "Urban-rural divide".

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

@@mam0lechinookclan607Europe isn’t inventing anything though all the innovation comes from elsewhere and Europe keeps losing its brightest to USA because they have a culture that rewards innovation and risk taking

[@chris-lk4ml]

Crete is btw a part of greece. You highlighted it wrong in the video...

[@UNr34]

For Greece and Cyprus it makes perfect sense, that region has been completely neglected on so many levels. It's not just the economy. Just look at how the EU treats Russia and then completely downplays Turkey's aggression that literally occupies a part of Cyprus. Many EU countries even sell them weapons that could at any point in the future be used to launch another invasion. Absolutely shameful, I am surprised they aren't even more negative. Of course Lithuania will have a positive view when people actually give a toss about its aggressive neighbors. And other countries like Luxembourg, wow I'm shocked that they have a positive view when so many EU headquarters are there! Most of those countries make quite a bit of sense, Czech republic makes no sense why they'd be so negative since in my opinion they have benefited a lot from the investment and trade that the EU brought them.

[@diogorodrigues747]

Geopolitics sometimes is a b*tch, and unfortunatelly Turkey is an ally of the West for various geographical reasons...

[@krombopulos_michael]

Tbh part of Ireland's love of the EU is also driven by cultural antagonism toward the UK. The UK was Anti-EU so Ireland is more inclined to distinguish itself by feeling more positive to the EU, and the EU is seen as a means to be less economically and culturally tied to the UK. Additionally, Brexit was probably covered more closely in Ireland than most European countries and has consistently been seen by most Irish people as an embarrassing blunder that was based on the same sense of self-aggrandisement on the part of the UK that led it to take over and subjugate Ireland historically. Ireland has a relatively humble national psyche. There's no national myths about a glorious past of being a great power who ruled the world through conquest like many other European countries have, because up to the 20th century, Ireland was a colony, not a coloniser. I think in the same way as many former communist bloc countries, in Ireland the past is widely understood to have been a much a bleak and repressed place that nobody wants to return to, and the EU is seen as a forward path away from that.

[@GEOFERET]

Regarding my country Greece, though I do not question the data provided, I would like to point out that public sentiment needs some time to acknowledge that conditions have changed drastically. The financial crisis of the last decade gave rise to many negative feelings towards the EU, but things have changed, and the percentage of citizens that still are eurosceptics is, I think, lower than ever. Leaving the EU would be unthinkable today. It is more a matter of regaining and cementing our position in the Union.

[@goncalonunes3203]

Portugal being the 2nd with the most good views on the EU but not getting metioned: 😔

[@deefaraway1228]

The definition of eurosceptic in this study is distorting the image significantly. It is counting two very different sides in the same box. Those who are opposed to the EU and those who are for the EU, but want policies and practices to change. I believe a better study would need to focus on that distinction.

[@MiSt3300]

Long live the EU from Poland. The EU must be more protectionist too, it must be an alliance of Europeans who want to protect our economy from external threats of China and the US, and also from crises like the migrant crisis. We must not let ourselves be divided by alien interests, like in the case of Hungary which is on China and Russian leash.

[@jirislavicek9954]

EU creates the migrant crisis

[@getnohappy]

Deeper analysis of this would be interesting. Would love to know how accurate understanding of the EU correlates with trust (e.g., how EU works, decision making process), and see what happens to opinion when one takes general opinion of politics into account.

[@IanMrozek]

Your map in the thumbnail has Poland marked in red (significantly euroskeptic), but most of your indicators in the video suggest otherwise

[@Moeller750]

There's definitely some context missing here. Denmark is generally a very EU skeptical country, but the country also has long standing culture of political trust. If the level of eu skepticism was measured by the disparity between the level of trust in the national government and the level of trust in EU, you'd get a very different picture

[@nenasiek]

Same in sweden, although we are losing trust in our gov

[@sdpearshaped831]

You would think that after how horribly it went for the UK the rest of the EU would look at this live experiment and think hmmm maybe we’re better off not breaking the EU apart.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

Last I checked the UK is not in recession and has a considerably better economic forecast than France and Germany (which is in an economic mess).

[@sdpearshaped831]

@@DaBIONICLEFan Idk man it was in double digit inflation there for a while and in that extremely brief period Truss being PM that they struggled to recover from the markets crashed. Crashed so hard the IMF in a rare piece of criticism for a G8 nation. That's pretty bad dude. A fun conspiracy would be that Truss was an agent of the EU sent to destroy the UK. Queen died and economy tanked within weeks of each other. Almost symbolic of the dying empire. Every statistic and study I see seems to be pretty unanimous in demonstrating the UK would've been better off staying in the EU and that leaving the EU has not brought back any of the things it was supposed to.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

@@sdpearshaped831 the IMF has consistently been biased against the UK and constantly gets its predictions wrong. It was almost through gritted teeth they had to begrudgingly upgrade the UK's economic forecast. Whenever a country gets independence, the first few years are always a bit rocky while it finds its feet. I've never seen a country regret becoming independent, even if they'd statistically have a 0.5% larger economy than if they'd stayed under the thumb of another entity. Because no matter how bad our leaders are, we can get rid of them and are answerable to us. Belgium, Slovakia, Lithuania etc. sees Europe as their family - the UK just doesn't. Ours is with Canada, New Zealand and the Commonwealth realms.

[@Valbruch]

As a Czech I'd like to offer my own personal perspective on the matter. When I was younger I was very pro-EU, bordering on eurofederalist. But as I gow older I shift more and more to eurosceptism. The main reason for that is simply the ridiculous ammount of ineffective overregulation and bureaucracy that EU has been pumping out. For the last cca 10 years EU regulation has been making my job more and more time consuming and frustrating (mostly (but not only) in regards to various areas of corporate law and anti money laundering policies). I keep seeing more and more obligations being added for matters that 10 years ago would be simple to take care of but now have several useless bureaucratic hurdles to go through. All of this leads to frustration because you keep working on things you know have no effect in the end and just waste your time. Often the issue of eurosceptism is reduced to being in EU vs being outside of it but it's not that simple. EU does many great things for its member states (single market, shengen, consumer protection) but most of these things have been there for a long time. I feel like many recent policies are actually making things worse for EU. It's like the Commission has a need to just make some useless regulations just to justify its existence insted of making things that will work towards improving EU economy. Nowadays I'm one of the ones who check the box for being pessimistic about EU. But not because I want us to leave it or because I don't like what it stands for, but because I'm very pessimistic about where the EU is heading.

[@pragueuprising560]

I can promise you that if the Czech republic leaves the EU, it will still be following those EU regulations.

[@minhnguyenphanhoang4193]

I don't see any regulation that is super exessive since most regulations exclude small businesses. If you are a small business owner, you don't care about most of the regulation (for example article 17 regarding copy rights).

[@ldubt4494]

Yes, people need to learn that there are two kinds of euroscepticism. Not liking the way it is governed is not the same as wanting it to be destroyed. Many people are also not Fond of their countries governments, but that doesnt mean that they want to break their country up.

[@DaDunge]

The problem is everyone has to agree on so much which leads to needlessly complicated treaties.

[@jirislavicek9954]

Spot on 👍

[@Korfax124]

Denmark is an odd case because we know ourselves to have been more eurosceptic in the past, but things have apparently turned around... Maybe you could look into that in a future video about member states in the Union?

[@Argondo]

In my opinion it is our special right to control certain policies and thus be in the eu. But somewhat act like we are not in the EU. Like border control and such.

[@secco1908]

@@Argondo Denmark does everything right and is an example how to act European.

[@hellbergsucks]

sweden and finland as well, we barely hit a majority in the eu referendum when we joined and were very euro-sceptic up until brexit and later on the ukraine war. we had political parties flirting with the idea of leaving but since then they all have silenced their anti-eu rhetoric.

[@Korfax124]

@@hellbergsucks same in Denmark, but that's obviously because of what is going on close to home, so that's not surprising

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@Argondo Border control where?

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

Not surprised Ireland has the highest approval rating; I imagine their support of it skyrocketed during the brexit days as they (understandably) do the opposite of whatever the UK does.

[@RandomHuman1103]

And they get to enjoy the tarrifs and border fees after the brexit too😂

[@patwalsh6400]

@@RandomHuman1103Who is “they”?

[@RandomHuman1103]

@@patwalsh6400 ireland's leadership and border customs service

[@patwalsh6400]

@@RandomHuman1103 With respect, your understanding of the Irish economy is very limited - and that’s being mild-mannered. Look at the respective trade stats for both Ireland and the UK since Brexit - that will answer your query.

[@0w784g]

That's why they joined the EC at the same time as the UK, cos they always do the opposite...

[@kjkj4725]

Why Poland is red? Majority of Poles love EU - the reality is it’s only old people (PIS party voters) and people influenced by Russian propaganda (Konfederacja voters) that are Eurosceptic nationalists. If any party would get us out of EU this would quickly turn into civil war as most Poles are not dumb - just too lazy to vote (from the lack of adequate choice and hopelessness). Our previous gov was absolutely not representing majority of Poles but majority of retirees…

[@BlueTigerReal]

You love illegal immigrants don't you?

[@steampunkray]

Yeah, I don't get it either. In the Pew Research Center survey from 2023 it was established that around 87% of Poles have a positive view of EU. I think it's one of the highest if not the highest number in the EU.

[@MrWiented]

You really show your bias in this comment. I voted for the "Third Way" party and I am 100% eurosceptic when it comes to shit they do in the west. There is just no need about all the wokeness, illegal immigration and corruption happening there. We are a part of EU but we aren't obligated to make the same mistaked they do.

[@MrWiented]

Our previous gov was absolutely not representing majority of Poles but majority of retirees - yes it was. It won in a democratic election and was in power for 8 years.

[@steampunkray]

@@MrWiented well sure, but only around 51% of people able to vote actually voted so no, the majority of Poles did not support them, but yes, they won fair and square. Both of you are right in your own sense

[@GeorgeMasterclass]

The No1 feature the EU offers Europeans is a unified European consumer market. My country, Greece failed to capitalize on that. Greek exports were always very low in volume, and we had a very introverted economy. This is changing now rapidly, with the new generation of Greeks. I am very pro EU. Europeans should and must stick together.

[@markus8047]

Can you please stop omitting the y-axis labels from the opinion poll data. It makes it difficult to discern anything from it. Besides that, good stuff as always.

[@FalconsEye58094]

Europeans have gotten comfortable and forgotten that what's happening with Ukraine once was reality across the whole of Europe and preventing another war was the purpose of its creation

[@aaronpaul9188]

In the last french legislative elections, two of the top three largest parties were head by outright euroskeptics. And in the first round of the presidential election, three of the top four candidates were euroskeptic.

[@dieucondorimperial2509]

In France, it has a lot to do with Macron. He’s one of the most unpopular Presidents in History, and a staunch europhile, so people opposed to Macron tends to dislike the EU by principle, in the left, it’s best summarized as "Europe, yes, but not this one" over how the EU enforces neoliberalism, and in the right they dislike what is seen as the loss of national sovereignty.

[@jovitapopovaite2092]

Yes, we lithuanians do love the EU 🇱🇹❤🇪🇺 hope to see more countries join, especially Moldova

[@2msvalkyrie529]

No thanks ! We have enough economic basket cases already !!

[@cawizardry]

It is funny, how (mostly) net receievers complain about EU and (mostly) net givers are content about it. 😂 it is a weird phenomena.

[@alpafszz]

Thank you! Were searching for this comment ahahah.

[@peppermintfox5757]

I don’t believe the way the thumbnail of this video portrayed Latvia as a “skeptic” country is accurate, perhaps it would be worth looking into statistics wise.

[@Rodzyniastyyyy]

That was just a rage bait.

[@sliftyy]

1/3 of Latvians are also Russian)

[@Alby_Torino]

This entire video is far from accurate.

[@_ata_3]

In the beginning of the video it is explained what is being considered as skeptic. It is more broad that.

[@Alex_Dumitrache]

I feel like the thumbnail is misleading and puts a bad light on the east.

[@Leon_Tyler]

It shows the east is more eurosceptic so if anything that puts a good light on them

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

It's just a possible representation of the data, with countries under a certain approval rating being one colour, and the other countries being another colour. Whether is it good or bad is for you to decide.

[@KonglomeratYT]

Depends who you ask. I find "eurosceptic" to be a good light. But I am American. Not European. The EU has many negative effects on the average American's life since their policies affect us too; with none of the benefits.

[@xtwmx]

Lithuania is not a former communist country, it was a colony of soviet communism.

[@hellmalm]

Except for France seems like the people paying the most and actually receiving the least are the most positive? Find this truly strange. Are there a lot of people that don't understand we're actually GIVING YOU MONEY! 🤣 🇸🇪❤🇪🇺

[@therealnuggetball]

Well funny you say that because there are two answers... 1) yes some people don't know what the EU does and how beneficial it has been to us (not even an eastern European thing the British had no idea what the EU was until they left too) 2) and second being sceptical doesn't mean being against it... Some people really hate the green deal or wider European integration despite enjoying and generally supporting the EU and our membership in it Also we definitely don't receive the most EU funds and on the contrary Portugal received likely more and is generally more positive about it.

[@jensholm5759]

Thats an easy for Denmark. The open borders and open markeds make us more efective, so we grow in wellfare and GDP.

[@rainerzufall42]

Whatever the number are, what really helped to have a positive view on the EU, was this insanity called Brexit. Thank you, Brits!

[@FairyCRat]

As a French person, being a European federalist is especially difficult. When it comes to politics, I often come across 2 main flavors with regards to the EU: people with a broadly favorable view, mostly for economic reasons, but don't care much beyond that, and a seemingly growing number of people who blame the EU for everything wrong with society. Perhaps similarly to the UK, I think that our well-known past as a colonial power means that we have a hard time conceptualizing ourselves as a part of a larger whole.

[@toyotaprius79]

🎯

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

In defence of France they've taken up the thankless role of herding cats.

[@captainvanisher988]

Yes, the EU is far better as an economic alliance than a federal one. It's absurdities like the European Federation or the Global Government that destroy a lot of national and cultural sovereignty.

[@catenaris]

I agree (FairyCRat), I don't know whether I'm a federalist or not but I'm also from France and support the EU very much, not only for economical reasons. It's sometimes depressing for me as well to see the EU and "Brussels" being blamed for everything the whole time, so I would agree with your point of view. 🙃🇪🇺

[@FairyCRat]

@@captainvanisher988 See, while it is true that European integration inherently involves giving up areas of sovereignty to a common continental body, I don't agree that it erodes any culture. Countries like India and Indonesia house many cultures within their borders despite being unified, and I've certainly never heard Tamil or Toraja people complain that the government over in New Delhi or Jakarta is destroying their culture.

[@arnaul_de_lapras5853]

i'm Spaniard and i don't know anyone who is "Euro-separatist". Even tho i'm from Catalonia where separatism is strong, but not from EU, just from Spain.

[@Vindex80]

Europe pays for both sides including the media. That is why you will never hear any criticism at all

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@Vindex80 I'm sorry?!

[@AlexVictorianus]

It seems so: countries with the most glorious past, which they are proud of, are the most eurosceptical (including Britain, that left the EU). And the dynamics: countries, whose situation has rather worsened than improved for the last decades (with the EU and the Euro), tend to like the EU less. Those, who see improving, and those more cosmopolitan and future-oriented instead of past-oriented, favor the EU more.

[@DaDunge]

Seems like you ignored Portugal and Hungary.

[@iris.holmes]

Would have been interesting to talk about Portugal, their history with the EU (accession, development etc) makes it a very particular case, as they also have historically close links with the UK.

[@Vindex80]

Just because it has historical links with the UK? I pass

[@Real_MrDev]

Italian here, I generally hold an extremely positive opinion of the Union and I can guarantee that the reason why there are so many Eurosceptics in my country is because of the lack of knowledge about the European Union from Italians, especially the older generations, an ignorance leveraged by conservative and populist parties.

[@0w784g]

Classic, people I disagree with politically are stupid/ill-informed.

[@aurorabassani5446]

100% true

[@cgt3704]

I dont know why Romania is shown as Eurosceptic as the graphic clearly shows its among the more Pro-EU states ? (In fact many are also in favour of European Federalism)

[@the_dark_build8318]

well iam romanian and i dont like how we are seen as second classcitizzen with schengen

[@cgt3704]

@@the_dark_build8318 hey i agree with your statement but i dont think its a reason for us to leave the EU, especially since more eu members have started to accept us

[@the_dark_build8318]

@@cgt3704 yea i agree. I dont think we should leave the eu but i think we should still try to maybe figure out a way to get treated better overall because i feel that us and bulgaria are maybe not as well treated as some other eu country

[@TheresaMayNot]

I think one issue with TLDR when presenting statistics is they’re usually a bit shallow. For example, it would be better to show approval of the EU vs approval of the government of the state that was polled (relative approval you could call that). I’m not sure surface-level statistics from Eurobarometer deserve a video when local issues wrt the EU are so important in opinion polls. It’s quite hard to untangle EU opinion from national govt opinion.

[@martinbudinsky8912]

2:49 Now you have to ask WHY. And yeah thare are actualy valid economical reasons for that. What survey doesnt show is that Slovaks are quite unhappy with having Euro nowadays for example. Also lets be honest some EU laws make little to no sense for some of its members on national level. And that has sadly always been the case. 3:15 This is completely wrong. What you have here are "predictions" of next elections by IPSOS. However currently ANO is in opposition and there is a coalition of 5 political parties currently in lead (its made out of ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP09, STAN, Piráti).

[@Bragosso]

Why are Slovaks unhappy with having Euro as their currency? I am asking this as a Swede who truly dislike our SEK because of how weak it has gotten over the years, everything you want to buy from other countries become more expensive for each year that passes despite that our economy is growing at the same pace as the rest of Europe.

[@martinbudinsky8912]

@@Bragosso Well I shall try to explain. Weak currency is not neccessarily bad for a country (not the citizens). For example it helps with exports, shrinks trade deficits or effectively reduces state debt and so on. It may very well also be the reason why your economy grows like that (granted its most beneficial for smaller countries with weaker economy so I dont think that its the case with Sweden). Some countries even devalue their currency on purpose (China did so recently) because of that. And when you look at Slovakia it fits that criteria quite well. But because they have Euro they dont have this option available. So that is the reason.

[@Bragosso]

@@martinbudinsky8912 Thank you for your opinion. I still think Sweden should adopt the Euro because right now it's only export oriented companies that benefit from our currency, but your answer gave me some things to think about and read more into. I hope you're doing well. Best regards from Sweden

[@Argondo]

My opinion on why denmark is so happy with EU is the way we are integrated in the EU. We can chose what we like or dislike in certain policies which in turn make it easier to like the EU.

[@joseangelucci933]

As an italian, there is no way in hell it is beneficial for us to leave the EU.

[@idunnoman6826]

sarò io, ma da quando c'è stata la brexit, ne ho sentita poca di gente che voleva uscire dall'ue...

[@joseangelucci933]

@@idunnoman6826 La Brexit è stata la cosa migliore per noi, hanno fatto un pasticcio così grave che ora abbiamo paura di andarcene.

[@emib6599]

​@@joseangelucci933 i live in Northern Italy, i saw relatives changing the party they vote but never their opinion. People that want to leave still want even if people that's didn't wanted have new real examples to explain about why it's a bad idea.

[@Kristopher342]

European governments are controlled by the EU, the EU is controlled by the WEF, and the WEF is controlled by the UN, ironically the latter two, are all unelected bureaucrats. They all receive tax payers money from the European citizens, so we pay the unelected bureaucrats to create draconian laws, that are then implemented by the EU, and in turn passed down to the governments of each participating country to oversee the implementation of them. So if we are going to implement draconian changes recommended by unelected bureaucrats, why don’t we just scrap the European Parliament, own nothing and be happy.

[@abdelkaioumbouaicha]

📝 Summary of Key Points: 📌 Despite reports of the rise of the Eurosceptic right, support for the EU has remained relatively steady in recent years, with the majority of Europeans having a positive view of the EU. 🧐 There are significant disparities between countries, with those in the north and west generally being more pro-EU than those in the south and east. 🚀 Czechia is the most Eurosceptic country in the EU, with 33% of respondents holding a negative image of the EU. This is attributed to the belief that national issues are best dealt with at the national level and skepticism towards certain EU integration projects. 🚀 Cyprus and Greece also have low levels of trust in the EU, linked to dissatisfaction with democracy and the EU's behavior during the Eurozone crisis. 🚀 France is considered the most pessimistic and least trusting country, attributed to a generally antagonistic relationship with the state, a Unitarian political culture that clashes with the European culture of compromise, and economic challenges. 🚀 Lithuania is one of the staunchest EU backers, benefiting from EU funding and support, as well as the EU's protection from security risks. 🚀 Luxembourg, one of the six founding members of the EU, has a long history with the EU and benefits from hosting EU institutions, a developed financial sector, and an attractive business environment. 🚀 Ireland, with a history of rapid economic growth facilitated by EU membership, is the most satisfied with how democracy works in the EU and optimistic about its future. 🚀 Austria is mentioned as an honorable mention for the anti-EU category, and Denmark is mentioned for the pro-EU category. 💡 Additional Insights and Observations: 💬 "Support for the EU has remained relatively steady in recent years, with the majority of Europeans having a positive view of the EU." 📊 Less than 20% of Europeans hold a negative image of the EU. 📊 Czechia has the most negative view of the EU, with 33% of respondents stating a negative image. 📊 France is considered the most pessimistic and least trusting country. 📊 Lithuania is one of the staunchest EU backers. 📊 Luxembourg benefits from hosting EU institutions and has a developed financial sector. 📊 Ireland is the most satisfied with how democracy works in the EU and optimistic about its future. 📣 Concluding Remarks: Despite some variations between countries, overall support for the EU remains relatively steady, with the majority of Europeans having a positive view. While Euroscepticism exists, it is not as widespread as often portrayed. The video highlights the different levels of Euroscepticism in various countries, with Czechia being the most Eurosceptic and Lithuania being one of the staunchest EU backers. Understanding these differences can provide insights into the dynamics within the EU and its member states. Generated using TalkBud

[@smal750]

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[@coregoon]

As an odd outside perspective Norway is fairly positive in our views on the EU, we just don't want to join.

[@ugaboga9829]

Yeah, the EU is nice and all but no thanks! We will stay out, hopefully.

[@Mipeal]

No Portugal mention?? REEEEeeeee

[@l23722]

"Why should Portugal leave as soon as possible" would be a lovely mention. Ad a portuguese..."força nessa análise, sem propaganda e sem aldrabices".

[@Mipeal]

@l23722 please tell me why portugal should leave then

[@ohdude6643]

@@l23722 Essas hemorróidas estão em brasa hoje não estão?

[@ricardo68]

I think you’ve missed Portugal as a major EU supporter.

[@sanyeki238]

I wonder what made Spain back track in the automns poll, generally speaking, the EU as a whole, has been very well regarded over here as a counter balance to our political system. Maybe the more de satisfied with democracy the least you think if the eu? 🤔

[@RandomHuman1103]

Spain and portugal both fleed the nationalist dictatorships and saw eu's "united europe" as a valuable goal to chase...Now east europe had opposite experience

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@RandomHuman1103 No my friend, Eastern Europe did have the same experience - they fled a communist occupation. The difference between the two cases is called Russian influence.

[@RandomHuman1103]

@@diogorodrigues747 Its not same,spain and portugal left nationalism behind,while east europe implemented it and mixed it with western democracy.Russia is only used as an excuse for being backwards,but truth is that here in east europe people refuse to move on

[@diogorodrigues747]

@@RandomHuman1103 "Russia is only used as an excuse for being backwards" - it's not an excuse though, it's a fact. Even today Russian influence is widespread in every Slavic country either via the Orthodox Church or via history or language, and still affects countries in that region to this day. The only reason why the Baltics don't have the same Russian influence as in the Balkans is because Baltics are very different from Russians and not Slavic at all. The reason why Poland managed to do so much is because Polish people are mostly Catholic and not Orthodox (the same with the Czechs). And this influence isn't even in the dark, it's quite visible and you just need to go to every single video about those countries where Russian influence is the biggest and see the comments about Russia. Now do the same for Portugal or Spain. You'll quickly see a stark difference.

[@RandomHuman1103]

@@diogorodrigues747 Still cultural and linguistic influence has nothing to do with the politics,people choose to create extremist parties and to vote for them and mainstream parties also choose to ignore those extremists and to work with them(like in poland and croatia who are not ortodox).And also blaming russia for all anti-eu movements is just stupid,look at the france,germany,belgium where rural population clearly sees that eu doesn't care about them so they protest

[@user-aero68]

These numbers are really pretty good for the EU. Plus the EU is looking to reform: the EU parliament approved a reform proposal to make it more democratic and representative, which if/when it gets approved, will address quite a few of the gripes about the EU, including removal of the veto.

[@quantumfoam539]

Greece doesn't hate the EU, in every election pro-EU parties take 75-80% of the vote

[@gnas1897]

Because Greeks are afraid of voting for the KKE. (Which is the only Eurosceptic party in parliament)

[@quantumfoam539]

@@gnas1897 KKE regardless of what you think about the EU is a disgrace for the greek political system. It's a party that admires Lenin and Stalin, would rather stop elections and create a dictatorship of the proletariat, is against all change and all reforms in any subject and at the same time participate in parliament to take the economic help that parties in parliament enjoy. A party that is against nationhood, against freedom of ideas and speech, against freedom of the economy of any form including private property, always extremely radicalised. And it has a very dark past since it brought the calamity of the civil war for which it never truly tried to compensate. The Greek state in the name of national unity ( which KKE actually hates) tried to incorporate it in its mechanism partly successfully but it's ideology has not changed a bit. Also Greeks are not afraid to vote for KKE. In their vast majority the Greeks hate this party for their radical extremist rhetoric and practise. And KKE full deserves this hate.

[@gnas1897]

@@quantumfoam539 the KKE slander doesn't matter for me. I'm not here to defend or attack the KKE. I just want to say that the KKE is the only truly Eurosceptic party in parliament and people are afraid of it so obviously pro EU parties get most of the vote. Also you sound like you're in favour of the memorandums, gay marriage etc all because our overlords in Brussels said so. Really the KKE's conservatism is its only admirable value today. Unfortunately the KKE doesn't seem to really admire Stalin anymore because if they did we wouldn't have had such a mess in Greece today.

[@gnas1897]

@@quantumfoam539 I'm not even going to comment on your "civil war" arguement, which was nothing but a British game to completely kick pro Soviet sentiment out of Greece and divide us.

[@vessbakalov8958]

Why was bulgaria highlighted in every graphic as euro sceptic?

[@crown2627]

As an Austrian I wanted to point out our view of the EU. This poll says that Austrians are very eurosceptic. But I really want to note that we really like the EU. No Party, not even the extremists, want an "Öxit". Also a lot of young peoply generally feel as much Austrian as they feel European. The roots of our euroscepticism are the migration crisis and the lack of democracy in the EU. Many Austrian would also like further EU integration if reforms would take place.

[@1258-Eckhart]

This is a screenshot of the moment. In 3 months, it will be different. Don't make a thing out of it.

[@mattbowdenuh]

What I saw that was interesting was that Portugal and Spain were on opposite ends of the spectrum. They both got bailed out and were forced into austerity measures in the financial crisis, so I'm curious why they diverged and have opposite views about the EU. But my guess is agriculture for the main reason behind Spain being negative. When it comes to the EU, it's always about agriculture, or at least that's my takeaway as an American looking at it, because that was what blocked our US-EU trade deal years ago.

[@RandomHuman1103]

Both spain and portugal are ideologicaly close to the eu,both know that they have it easy since someone else is going to do their job.If you research both countries a bit more you'il find that they have similar problems as the eu(separatism,corruption,anti-establishment problems,extremism on the rise,etc).On the bright side,both have recently escaped ultranationalist(militarist) past,this makes them aim for eu ideals of "fixing" the past and creating common identity

[@diogorodrigues747]

About Portugal it's because the Portuguese people don't buy bullshit. They know what happened in the 2010s and why they were forced into austerity measures in the first place - it wasn't because the EU was bad, it was because local politicians basicaly screw the country.

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

Where did you get that Spain was negative about the EU? It does not really correlate with reality.

[@RandomHuman1103]

@@juanpabloperezgomez4349 I didn't said that

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

@@RandomHuman1103 didn't you say that Spain was negative?

[@paratirisis]

Good reporting, but left me with a bland sense of "so what?"...

[@alexnist1]

I don’t understand Czechia’s position. They’ve been receiving money for more than two decades now, their industrial base has grown exponentially thanks to their location next to Germany and cheaper labour costs… what do they want exactly?

[@AntrozLPs]

Stems from history. Centuries of being bullied, occupied and ruled by foreign countries created the Czech mentality which distrusts any outside power and views anyone other than Czechs dictating what they can/cannot/should/should not do with extreme scepticism or hostility. Czechs are like wannabe Swiss, but without the political, economic, military or geographic backbone which allows Swiss to be what they are. Also, atop that, you have the usual suspects: populists blaming everything they can on the EU to suit their agenda.

[@moistskinidiouhehskillme]

I think it's because we don't trust western Europe. Since the Munich agreement we've thought of the western European countries as something not to be trusted. To some extent we've always seen the Germans as occupiers and colonialists, and the British and French as traitors that don't even care about us. We think that because we are a small nation, it will be the big nations that will decide in the end, therefore we want to secure as much autonomy as we can. However the Czechs are not necessarily anti-western. We see Russia as occupiers and USA as liberators. We simply do not trust western Europe in particular. I would say It isn't about money, it's mostly an emotional fear and I don't agree with it very much, it is simply how other Czechs feel

[@serebii666]

They want their cake and eat it too. Czechs are, like most landlocked countries, generally conservative and grumpy. They like to see themselves as underdog Davids, able to stand up to Goliaths. Look at Austria, which is culturally most similar to Czechia, for comparison and see that this is just the local culture here. " industrial base has grown exponentially ... location next to Germany and cheaper labour costs" First of all Czechia's industrial base has remained stable as a % of GDP (around 20%), Czechia was always one of the most industrialized states in Europe - both pre, during and post-Socialism. Czechs are however grumpy about being seen as discount labour for Germans. Since Czech companies outcompete German ones for precision manufacturing, but global consumers prefer to see "made in Germany" to "made in Czechia" due to Czechia's more recent and unknown branding, Germans source white-labelled goods from Czechs, while also acting like they are better. So many Czechs perceive this and behave basically in an overcompensating inferiority complex lol. "They’ve been receiving money " While that is true on the face, the reality is that privatization of Czech industries in the 1990s saw German conglomerates stepping in and buying everything up. The money Czechia receives from cohesion funds is largely offset by the capital outflows these companies make from their operations in Czechia to enrich their bases in Germany. This is made worse by the fact that the research and development of these companies is focused in Germany (i.e. the most productive jobs) while the Czech divisions get the lower productivity work (like assembly or customer service). Czechs therefore feel cheated by the limits to their mobility by these foreign conglomerates.

[@3373just]

Let them go join the EAEU I'm certain putler would allow them to get at least Belarus 2.0 status!? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@inflex4456]

I want EU to do not meddle in our purely internal matters, like gun restrictions or immigration. And Green Deal. There is immense feeling EU is trying to buy us. I'd prefer EU stops redistributing money at all, it just distracts from real discussion. Rest is just fine, EU idea as a whole is nice.

[@jerloxcool6671]

Im Czech and even that I use to support EU now I become very sceptic about it and its future. And its suprising that other countries dont see it same as last couple years were one dissaster after dissaster.

[@foverstay8233]

Finland in EU is in recession . Norway outside EU is not.🤔🤔🤔

[@fastertove]

oil and gas

[@zOMGeoAnti]

The more interesting one to analyse would be portugal, who got screwed during the 2008 crysis, but its still one of the most pro EU countries.

[@TobinPT]

I think portuguese admit that their goverments made mistakes that lead the country to that situation.

[@peteymax]

Greeks are unhappy with the EU, but they are really unhappy at being caught out not paying their taxes and very poor fiscal management for decades. None of that is the EU’s fault. France is surprisingly unhappy because the French are never content with authority. The Irish traditionally distrust authority because of British colonialism, but the EU gave Ireland an opportunity to be Ireland free of Britain and its threats. Irish people see the EU as a buffer against a country they can’t trust but would like to trust. Europe is complicated, that’s partly why I love it. Me encanta Europa. Is maith liom an Eoraip.

[@raodvanlaontotaoke4993]

What do you expect if you give 17 billion for free to Ukraine who isn't a member while Greece still suffers from harsh treatment by the EU.

[@thedutchgamelife6264]

i wouldn't say its fair to compare them considering the heavily different situations they're in

[@braddo7270]

I'm starting to thing that "tldr news" banks on the fact that more accurate news is too long and people don't read things from other sources 😂 otherwise they definitely wouldnt still be going 👌🤣🤦🏼‍♂️ appropriate name.

[@wolfgeowild8709]

Czechia has benefited greatly from EU membership. You can see a clear correlation between euroskepticism and the level of respondent’s education.

[@jirislavicek9954]

Czechia benefited from free trade with Europe, not from EU bureaucracy.

[@marcobonesi6794]

usually the most eurosceptic countries are the ones that receive more eu money. Like my home country italy,where most voters are over 50 years old and believe that their welfare and pensions are sustainable outside the eu.

[@MarketsDriveTheWorld]

Italy is a net contributor for the EU and it has been so for ages..... Then Italy could definitely work a few tricks more without the euro.... They would work? No one knows... But it won't be the first time the EU is simply wrong... They based their entire austerity policy on a study that was full of dumb errors 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ and now new studies show that Italy would actually have a lower debt to gdp ratio if it never listened them in the fist place..... The negative impact on the gdp due to not spending in a country where the state is 50% of gdp actually decreased gdp so much that it increased debt to gdp more that what would have happened otherwise..... And Italy suffer an enormous brain drain thanks to shengen...... If you want to talk about pensions.... That anyway has nothing to do with the EU who never paid any of those. Edit: to the answers below: if you don't understand what I wrote is your problem..... At the time the economists praise Italy because their austerity efforts were far greater than the ones of Germany...... Italian debt is not the problem the problem is gdp, which doesn't grow if half of your economy is doing everything possible to take money out of the market..... Italy is a net exporter.... The problem is internal demand.

[@marcobonesi6794]

@@MarketsDriveTheWorld not spending enough??????Italy has had a balance deficit superior to 3% for 20 years and in fact shengen is the salvation for the italian youth . Otherwise they would be bled dry just to pay for the pensions and welfare of a decrepit nation that consider them worthless.

[@MarketsDriveTheWorld]

​@@marcobonesi6794the problem is that some 🤡 don't realize that a country and a private citizen are not the same thing..... You cannot read what I wrote? Debt is not the problem of Italy, Italian debt grow as much as other Europeans debt in the last decades the problem is that gdp did not grow.... Now economic studies (some even done in the Netherlands) show Italy would have a lower debt to gbp ratio if it actually spent more..... An economy is not like you running your own private savings you know? Every te the state spends (and expecially spend wisely) money is introduced in the economy which in turns higher internal demand, which increase profits for companies, which increase standards of living, which increase gdp, which increase tax revenues.....and all that can have a positive or a negative impact on the debt to gdp ratio based on how the economy grows...... Of course debt to gdp ratio is high because the economy contracted.... Not because Italy spend enormously in comparison to tax entrances....

[@MarketsDriveTheWorld]

​@@marcobonesi6794indeed as you said you think of yourself only but you hurt the economy by doing so.... You are probably one of the dudes who live outside who is one of the reason for Italian problems and now think he can spit on the country without even knowing what he is talking about and all while being the cause for this.

[@talir3337]

The only irony here is that you are ignorant and spreading false information. Italy, believe it or not, is the third highest net CONTRIBUTOR in EU meaning that every year it gives EU 4 billions of euros more than it receives. Source: Eurostat, Statista, etc.

[@garrickdarts]

I wish these surveys would include Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, the UK and Liechtenstein (for completeness) - all the EEA members, ex-EU member(s), and common market member(s) - I think it'd be really interesting to see where they slotted in; my suspicion is that they would be less Eurosceptic than several EU countries.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Most Norwegians cannot stand the EU interference and bureaucracy that we signed up for even though we are NOT members !! Same in Switzerland . We would both rather keep our sovereignty than become full members of a protectionist economic Cartel . Which is precisely what the EU is . !

[@eltonsalvador7620]

Finland should have been mentioned

[@butterflies655]

Finland is favoring the EU more than ever.

[@madsam0320]

Most of the trees are grown in large pots that have no structural support for the buildings. They are dwarf varieties and tended by gardeners who have service access often hidden or concealed as decorative features. They provide shades during summer and the bare branches let sunshine and warmth through in winter months. The wide range of hues in autumn is spectacular. You may not like their six lanes, but closing them to plant trees will not be popular with the residents. It’s always folks in first world with their two cars per household that think it’s just not a good idea for everyone else.

[@diogocosta2997]

Portugal?

[@allyourcode]

Question: is the UK now more pro EU than some actual current members? That would be quite hilarious, yet plausible, since (it is well known that?) opinion has significantly improved since they now experience being outside the EU IRL 😁

[@KaStorF]

Sweden is way more EU skeptical than this suggests. opinion polls are not the same as elections, and if sweden were to vote again today I think it would not be as positive what the polls suggest.

[@RandomHuman1103]

Same thing was with the uk,stats said that only 35% want to leave,but we saw the real results

[@squirrel287]

​@@RandomHuman1103UK is different because of the huge tabloid and usa influence.

[@RandomHuman1103]

@@squirrel287 Regardless,statistics were wrong than and who can prove that stats are correct now

[@diogorodrigues747]

Source?

[@KaStorF]

@@diogorodrigues747 Sweden is part of the Frugal Four - Sweden, Denmark, Austria and the Netherlands who have consistently been paying more towards EU than they received back. And then, COVID happened, showing the people of the EU that we didn't really have a union, just a collection of states. Since then, the topic of EU has evolved a lot in Sweden to now having parties starting to being openly against it. This wasn't the case 5 years ago.

[@Varangoi]

Strange how France is one of the two most powerful countries in the EU, but the general population is highly sceptic.

[@246al]

Ireland would be as it gets to be a tax haven in the good times then get handouts in the bad.

[@johnsrhorgan]

When London stops being a safe haven for dodgy money, we'll start worrying about being labelled a tax haven.

[@talideon]

We've been net contributors for quite some time.

[@sardendibs]

@@johnsrhorgan That would be whataboutery + London is now no longer a part of the EU, so outside the scope. Ireland's tax policies are a real problem in the EU as the profit shifting they enable affects the entire union.

[@conalllynch7840]

The government has closed major tax loopholes in recent years and committed to the oecd global minimum corporation tax rate.

[@Pancakelover969]

Irelands love of the EU could also maybe stem from the fact that joining the EU took it from the poorest country in western Europe to one of the richest, Ireland is the poster child for how the EU works and our recovery from the 2007 crash only further proves this

[@alexandroskaminas]

Love EU from GR. When I was younger, I had the honor of getting into the erasmus programme and study in France.

[@CyrusBluebird]

It's not so much the concept of the EU that raises skepticism, but the isolated nature of the culture of Strasbourg & Brussels that has the grip over EU Commission, Parliament, & Council. To the people that live in EU member nations are culturally at odds with members of all three that should be representing them in this political system standing in spite and against imperialism. Which old habits die hard, huh?

[@duartesilva7907]

Why didn't you talk about Portugal? To me, it feels weird that Portuguese are so pro-EU compared to Greeks when both countries experienced similar harsh economic measures during the early 2010s.

[@Vindex80]

Socialism and media controlled by socialist leaders

[@diogorodrigues747]

Because the Portuguese know that it wasn't the EU that pushed them into economic austerity, it was the Portuguese government back then that did shit and then asked for help while being a bunch of cowards.

[@SDG-xk6im]

down with EU!!!!!

[@ab-ym3bf]

Another English channel misrepresenting EU related matter. How sad that a UK person living in an EU country can't shake of the British habit of not getting their facts in order, not drawing proper conclusions, but see everything through British glasses

[@FiG044]

🇹🇩🇪🇺❤️ Stay unite. We just need reforms.

[@Terran720]

Bulgarian here, and I like the EU. I think that we're better off now that we're in the EU than we were before. The sceptics here are growing, though, and I'll try listing some of the reasons for that. We are a net beneficiary, and we have seen a lot of improvements in infrastructure because of EU funds - the Sofia metro, public roads, construction investments, business investments - but there's also a lot of corruption in the country, so people see those improvements happening very slowly and implemented very poorly in some cases, because of said corruption. Therefore we don't really appreciate a lot of the benefits that are happening, because they're not happening right away. Another reason is that, since we are the poorest country in the EU, and with constantly decreasing population (therefore small representation in the EU parliament), there is this view that we have of ourselves as an insignificant voice at the mercy of the giants like France, Germany and The Netherlands. We don't quite feel like we belong, even though we've been in the EU for 17 years. There are other factors like Russian influence and nostalgia for times before 1989. Those contribute, but a lot of the burden is on the mentality of the people and the fact that many don't really know what the EU does for their everyday lives, and don't know how to take advantage of the EU funds. The last bit is a complicated matter, but there are programs for small businesses, there are competitions you can enter, you can apply for funding by writing a project yourself of hiring someone to do so, and other possibilities. I personally enjoy the freedom of movement and the opportunities that the EU gives us. It's about to get better with the Schengen admission, which is another source of frustration, getting delayed again and again. The Union is not perfect, but we are a part of it and we can participate to make it better, instead of just sitting and talking smack about it.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Bulgaria does not have to accept uncontrolled illegal immigration which France / Germany / Netherlands have to because of EU !! So , of course , YOU like it !

[@jasepaul91]

It's not a surpise to see the Southern European countries being negative, especially after the shafting Greece got

[@martonnagy8939]

I think, that you missed hungary from the eurosceptic part, as in hungary Orbán Viktor is putting a lot of blame on Brussels to gaing popularity amongst voters.