They’re not ‘going quiet’, they’re mobilising into the mainstream.
tl;dr of the article…
“… Euroscepticism tends to track the ebb and flow of the news agenda. People were more receptive to critical voices during the euro zone crisis or the migration debate of 2015-16. Today, almost two years into a pandemic that at one point threatened to tear Europe apart, the EU is widely seen to have risen to the moment through common purchase deals with vaccine-makers, the breaking of the taboo on joint borrowing and a €750 billion recovery fund – the EU’s biggest ever stimulus package. By last September, according to a Eurobarometer survey, optimism about the future of the EU had reached its highest level since 2009 and trust in the EU was higher than at any point since 2008…”
I’m glad that people are starting to see the necessity of the EU. Hopefully my own country will come back to the fold soon.
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They’re not ‘going quiet’, they’re mobilising into the mainstream.
tl;dr of the article…
“… Euroscepticism tends to track the ebb and flow of the news agenda. People were more receptive to critical voices during the euro zone crisis or the migration debate of 2015-16. Today, almost two years into a pandemic that at one point threatened to tear Europe apart, the EU is widely seen to have risen to the moment through common purchase deals with vaccine-makers, the breaking of the taboo on joint borrowing and a €750 billion recovery fund – the EU’s biggest ever stimulus package. By last September, according to a Eurobarometer survey, optimism about the future of the EU had reached its highest level since 2009 and trust in the EU was higher than at any point since 2008…”
I’m glad that people are starting to see the necessity of the EU. Hopefully my own country will come back to the fold soon.