According to a study conducted in 27 countries by the Hungarian Research Institute for Sovereignty Protection, which is close to the government, a majority of Europeans view the EU’s centralizing efforts as a threat to national self-determination. 51 percent of those surveyed expressed this concern.
An “empire” led by Ursula von der Leyen is therefore met with widespread rejection. Some 77 percent prefer a Europe “based on the cooperation of independent, equal nations.” The idea of a unified “United States of Europe without nations,” on the other hand, finds little support.
The Hungarian population is particularly skeptical of further losses of sovereignty: 79 percent of those surveyed in Hungary – and thus more than the European average – support the model of cooperating nation-states.
The institute also criticizes the influence of civil society groups on Brussels. The Commission exerts pressure on member states “through civil society actors largely financed by EU funds and based in European countries” in order to “impose global progressive ideas.”
Two-thirds of all Europeans (66%) reject this approach as unacceptable. In Hungary, the rejection rate is even higher at 68%. The survey underscores the growing disconnect between the centralization plans of the Brussels Eurocrats and the preferences of the European population.
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