Life is Not Getting Better...for the Europeans

The media is always quick to report whenever some poll shows that a percentage of Iraqis feel that their country is worse off since the war started four years ago. But what about these numbers from Europe?

The malaise gripping the European Union as it approaches its 50th birthday this week is highlighted in a new poll which shows that 44 per cent of citizens think life has got worse since their country joined the club.

The poll suggests the bloc’s 27 leaders have their work cut out to revive enthusiasm for Europe’s project of “ever closer union” when they meet for official anniversary celebrations in Berlin next Sunday.

The FT/Harris poll, conducted in the EU’s five biggest countries and the US, found that only 25 per cent of the Europeans questioned felt life in their country had improved since it joined the EU.

I think it's time to cut-and-run from the European Union. No more malaise for Euros!