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EU dragging its feet: Citizens expected more action against the euro-crisis (Photo: EUobserver)

EU popularity plunges right across the bloc

People's confidence in the the European Union has dropped to record lows in most countries amid a placid response to the rising unemployment and the troubles of the eurozone, a Eurobarometer published on Thursday (26 August) shows.

Fewer than half of Europe's citizens (49 percent) think that their country's membership of the EU is a "good thing" – a seven-year low - while trust in the bloc's institutions has dropped to 42 percent, six points down compared to autumn 2009.

The surve...

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EU dragging its feet: Citizens expected more action against the euro-crisis (Photo: EUobserver)

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