- Per a Pew Research Center poll, many Europeans fear Brussels is losing touch with the needs of its citizens and fear for the region’s economic future.
- While Brussels is credited with promoting peace and prosperity, its “inefficient” and “intrusive” nature has cast a pall over the perception of economic well-being of most citizens surveyed.
- The majority of respondents in France, the UK, Greece, Italy and Spain believe the average citizen’s economic well-being has worsened over the past two decades.
- In all 10 nations surveyed, less than a third of respondents believe they’ll be better off financially than their parents.
