Majority in EU want foreign minster
A poll of 1,000 people in the EU indicates 65 percent want a foreign minister - which would have happened if the constitution were passed. On another note (correlation?), 77 percent of those surveyed disapprove of President Bush.
This comes from the EU Observer.
As far as the foreign minister, even 52 percent of those in the the euroskeptic UK supported the position. (Slovakia came in last with 48 percent.) One must admit, though: when you break it down into individual states, the sample is pretty small.
The poll also deals with EuroMil. I'll just quote:
But while there was some strong support for a foreign minister, the idea of the bloc strengthening its military power to play a larger role in the world proved more controversial.
On average, 51 percent were against the idea but there were big differences between countries with the Portuguese (68%) and the French (56%) more in favour of the bloc assuming military responsibilities but the Germans (64%) and the Italians (56%) more against.
Seeing that Germany and Italy were mostly opposed to military power playing a larger role, I wonder if the question was phrased in a manner that made the respondent think of "war vs. peace" instead of "CFSP vs. my own national military." The question should have clearly addressed the European integration issue; at least that's what interests me. I don't care about who's a pacifist and who's not - but I fear (hope?) that some people misunderstood the question.
This comes from the EU Observer.
As far as the foreign minister, even 52 percent of those in the the euroskeptic UK supported the position. (Slovakia came in last with 48 percent.) One must admit, though: when you break it down into individual states, the sample is pretty small.
The poll also deals with EuroMil. I'll just quote:
But while there was some strong support for a foreign minister, the idea of the bloc strengthening its military power to play a larger role in the world proved more controversial.
On average, 51 percent were against the idea but there were big differences between countries with the Portuguese (68%) and the French (56%) more in favour of the bloc assuming military responsibilities but the Germans (64%) and the Italians (56%) more against.
Seeing that Germany and Italy were mostly opposed to military power playing a larger role, I wonder if the question was phrased in a manner that made the respondent think of "war vs. peace" instead of "CFSP vs. my own national military." The question should have clearly addressed the European integration issue; at least that's what interests me. I don't care about who's a pacifist and who's not - but I fear (hope?) that some people misunderstood the question.
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