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About 70% of citizens in EU member states believe their countries benefit from EU membership.
This is stated in the results of a Eurobarometer survey conducted after the June elections to the European Parliament.
Seven out of ten respondents (67%) indicated that EU membership is important for their country. This figure has remained almost unchanged in recent years.
The reasons cited include greater cooperation among countries (36%), the protection of peace and strengthening security (32%), positive factors for economic growth (28%), and more job opportunities (24%).
The highest levels of satisfaction with their country’s EU membership are found in Portugal, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, the Baltic states, Croatia, and Hungary—despite ongoing complaints about the EU from the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The highest number of “euroskeptics” are in France, Austria, and Bulgaria.
Sixty-five percent of respondents have a positive outlook on the future of the European Union, which is 4 percentage points higher than in the previous survey at the beginning of the year.
The positive perception of the European Parliament reached its highest level since the survey began, at 42%.
It is worth noting that one of the latest surveys in France showed a record low support for President Emmanuel Macron, while significantly more citizens in Germany trust the candidate for chancellor from the largest opposition party, Friedrich Merz, than the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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