The latest Eurobarometer survey, released yesterday reveals that support for the for EU membership across member states now stands at 50 percent ( down 3 per cent ), the score for the perceived benefits of membership is 52 percent (also down 3 percent ) and the EU’s image is positive according to 44 percent of respondents (again down 3 per cent ).
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The UK scores, as always, are lower than the average for the EU25, standing respectively at 34 percent (-2), 37 percent (-3) and 29 percent (+1).
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Interestingly, UK confidence in the EU institutions dropped even further than the general ratings, the parliament standing at 27 percent (-7), the commission at 26 percent (-5) and the council at 18 percent (-9).
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Only 13 percent believe that the EU constitution should be dropped altogether, against 22 per cent who believe ratification should continue, the larger proportion who offered and opinion (49 percent) believing that the document should be renegotiated. Even in France and Holland, there is slender support for dropping the constitution altogether, their scores standing at 15 and 16 percent respectively. No need to worry since the contents of the constitutional document will continue to be introduced anyway.
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