Europeans want to strengthen role of EU in crisis management
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Europeans want a greater role for the EU in crisis management. They also expect their voice to be more taken into account when making decisions at the European level, according to the new Eurobarometer on Future of Europe, commissioned by the European Parliament and the European Commission.
A special survey was published just before the start of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The initiative – proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron – aims to give Europeans more opportunities to influence what the Union does and how it serves its citizens.
The study on the future of Europe was conducted at the turn of October and November last year and included over 27,000 replies of respondents from the EU Member States.
Like other Europeans, Poles in as much as 90 percent believe that the voice of the citizens should be given more weight in decisions about the future of the European project. The same percentage of our compatriots indicates that there is still much to be done in terms of strengthening democracy in the EU.
For Poles, the Community's greatest asset is the standard of living of its citizens, and they indicate this feature more often than other Europeans (33 percent compared to 23 percent of Europeans). They are also above the EU average in terms of issues such as social welfare systems in the Member States and the quality of infrastructure in the EU.
