The Danish newspaper refers to the latest ECFR poll and its results on the “frugal five”
Media mentions – Unlock Europe’s Majority
Citizens of the more frugal countries perceive Europe as a crucial element to prepare their country for a more dangerous world
They are in favour of an EU recovery in which member states support each other, spending on what is necessary, while respecting principles about the way money is managed
ECFR’s polling report on the Frugal countries in the EU is quoted in Le Soir
The Deutsche Welle refers to ECFR’s Unlock study and its results about the transatlantic relations
The position of Poland and Hungary looks to me like a bluff. I don’t think they would go so far as to block the budget. Poland at least will think twice about it, simply because they would risk losing a lot of money
[An ECFR poll] shows that these developments have led large majorities to see that acting together is necessary to preserve national sovereignty in an increasingly dangerous world, with 63 per cent of Europeans wanting to see more European cooperation as a result of Covid-19
The EU also needs to introduce geopolitical considerations into its competition policy instruments, establish Union-wide foreign investment screening, and expand regulation of state aid beyond EU companies
COVID-19 has taught them how alone Europeans are in the world. Faced with an existential threat, large majorities across the continent realised that no one was there to help them – not the EU, international institutions, or Europe’s allies