According to the latest survey data published by the Eurobarometer, Greeks appear to be split evenly with regards to the European project.
34% of Greeks surveyed suggested that belonging to the European Union was a good thing against 32% who said the opposite, with about 33% saying membership to the European project is neither good nor bad.
The survey was commissioned by the European Parliament and suggests that Greek public opinion differs significantly from the EU average, which saw 57% of citizens saying belonging to the EU is a good thing, as opposed to 14% who expressed the opposite opinion.
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani said the findings of the survey into Europeans’ attitudes toward the European Union are, “for the first time since the start of the crisis in 2007, very encouraging.”
“They show that European citizens expect the Union to respond with a single voice to their very acute fears about recent international upheavals that have made the world more uncertain and dangerous,” he said, adding that it is up to political leaders to show citizens who believe in the EU that they are right.
To this end, he said, “we must persuade them, by our daily work and our decisions, that the Union can both protect and improve their daily lives.”
