People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until everything is decided by the EU. That needs to change.
There is a growing frustration that the EU is seen as something that is done to people rather than acting on their behalf. And this is being intensified by the very solutions required to resolve the economic problems.
When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.
The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
It is a mystery why any Americans would support the concept of the EU.
It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
People feel that the EU is heading in a direction that they never signed up to. They resent the interference in our national life by what they see as unnecessary rules and regulation. And they wonder what the point of it all is. Put simply, many ask 'why can't we just have what we voted to join - a common market?'
Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.
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