[Lapel2742]

> Talk to Europeans and they hate the EU and see it as an oppressive foreign power.

Maybe you should get out of your right-wing bubble.

- EU approval among its citizens hits record high as security fears grow, poll shows (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-approval-among-its-c...)

- Nearly three quarters of EU citizens (74%) say that, taking everything into account, their country has benefited from being a member of the EU. (https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/3378)

[nephihaha]

The EU is busy clamping down on freedom of expression and forcing through Digital ID. It isn't some paradise.

There are things I like about the EU, but it also has some things horribly wrong.

[Lapel2742]

> It isn't some paradise.

Compared to the USA it still is.

[carlosjobim]

I don't give very much for statistics and opinion polls. People tend to give the answer they think they're "supposed to give" in those. I base my assessment on my experience from talking to people in real life.

> Maybe you should get out of your right-wing bubble.

Your comment is nasty, but I don't think you're this nasty in real life. Probably you're just blowing off some steam online.

[integralid]

I'm from the EU. I don't know a single person that is against EU. Everyone among my friends and colleagues, including me, is strongly pro-EU.

At least I know that's a bubble, because I know anti-eu people exist in my country too. Get out of yours.

[disgruntledphd2]

Ok so you trust your gut and lived experiences more that population statistics. That's a totally valid approach but it's very easy to misread the popular opinion as your friends are not a random sample.