{"id":211329,"date":"2020-08-02T08:32:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T08:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211329"},"modified":"2020-08-04T06:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:02:44","slug":"brussels-crisis-bombshell-poll-shows-surge-in-support-for-eu-exits-in-france-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=211329","title":{"rendered":"Brussels crisis: Bombshell poll shows surge in support for EU exits in France and Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oli Smith \u2013 Daily Express July 31, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"<\/a>A European poll has sent shockwaves to Brussels after it found that a majority of people in Italy and France did not support remaining inside the European Union<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. According to the poll, conducted by Euronews, the coronaviru<\/strong><\/span>s<\/a> crisis has raised “serious questions” about membership of the bloc. Europeans in the biggest EU member states – Spain, Germany, Italy and France – were polled on question: “If there were a referendum on your country’s membership of the EU in the near future, how would you vote?”<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a healthy majority for remaining inside the EU among Germans, with 67 percent, and the Spanish, with 63 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, support plunged to the mid-40s in Italy and France, with the majority either against or undecided about EU membership.<\/span><\/p>\n

Around 43 percent of Italians said they would vote to keep EU membership, while 47 percent of French would do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

Only Spain saw a majority – 57 percent- of people who thought belonging to the EU has been positive or very positive for the country<\/span><\/p>\n

A shock result saw a third of Italians claim EU membership had been somewhat or very negative for Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Euronews’ chief political correspondent Darren McCaffrey said the new polling data was “very bad news for Brussels”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained: “This is of concern to Brussels. It is why they worked really hard to get a deal on the recovery fund two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They saw there was a rise in euroscepticism across the bloc and that coronavirus was a threat to the European project.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A shock result saw a third of Italians claim EU membership had been somewhat or very negative for Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Euronews’ chief political correspondent Darren McCaffrey said the new polling data was “very bad news for Brussels”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained: “This is of concern to Brussels. It is why they worked really hard to get a deal on the recovery fund two weeks ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They saw there was a rise in euroscepticism across the bloc and that coronavirus was a threat to the European project.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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