So European Union countries specifically?
The little text on the image mentions “the survey was only held in EU countries”, the big text on the image doesn’t care.
Probably the EU fash government seeing how far they’ve come in their promoting of the artificial Euronation
‘Attachment to Europe’ appears maximum in countries neighbouring Russia
LOL true. But you can hardly blame Eastern Europeans. It is also the area with the most support for a united EU army.
Also countries that received big financial benefits and saw great economic improvements.
Came here to say this, lowest attachment in countries that pay in the most, highest attachment in countries that receive the most.
It’s not perfect, some German areas around the Rhine seem to have a high attachment, as well as Luxemburg, but there is an undeniable pattern.
or to England
countries that depend on the EU for money have a higher attachment.
I’m not surprised.
I suspect the Aquitaine region is skewed by containing both the French Basque country and the Béarn. The rest of it is pretty lacking in terms of regional identity - I would say identity is either even more local than regional or a somewhat flat, national one around here.
That’s not Europeans, only EU.
I would’ve definitely guessed Parisians were like New Yorkers who looked down on all the hicks living in the countryside.
Yes, they do, but in their mind Paris IS France, so yeah.
Whatever differences they may have, at least Europeans can rally around their true common interest: not being Americans. 🇪🇺 🥰
What the FUCK is a kilometer?!?!
Something about this comparison stinks. I don’t know what it is, but it’s statistics with an agenda. Something is implied and I don’t like it.
Indeed. There’s a bunch of downvoted comments at the bottom that explain it and get downvoted because of what you described.
Oof, thats gotta hurt for the UK, now that they’re part of Antarctica.
So, not Europe, but specifically The European Union.
Dear Europeans, recognise what you have before you let some insane populist convince you that you don’t need the EU.
Over the channel, we’re economically 8% down from where we would have been if we hadn’t left, there’s no money for anything and we’ve lost a chunk of consumer protection, a lot of data protection and our supreme court seem to be busily dismantling our equalities legislation, despite all that supposedly wonderful parliamentary sovereignty we were told we would regain. It’s all fucked up. Don’t do it. The EU is flawed, but you so very much want to keep in it, trust me.
there’s no money for anything
There is, but there’s no political will to spend it where it’s needed. The government’s spending limits are self imposed.
Don’t worry, here in germany we also don’t have money for anything, and costs for public healthcare are rising again soon, and other social services receive cuts as well. Our infrastructure is shit, digitization barely exists, rents are rising faster than wages, gasoline and Diesel are expensive, and our chancellor tells us we are lazy pieces of shit who don’t work enough whereas in the very same moment companies are doing mass layoffs. The economy as a whole is stagnating and hasn’t experienced meaningful boosts since pre-covid. Our education system is basically the same as it was in Prussia. We have a massive lack of teachers and school buildings are crumbling. And the uncontrolled mass migration makes literally everything I just listed a lot worse.
So don’t worry, you can be in the EU and still everything sucks.
it’s your VDL and her fascists that want to spend all the money on war for the benefit of the US fascists, the ones who bew up out gas pipeline.
I’m surprised that Sicilians are more connected to Country than region.
The map is wrong for Germany. It’s their car.
the car, the dog, perhaps their football club, their partner, kebab prices, gasoline prices and then maybe their country.
They should be more interested in their public transport.
PS Fuck Merz.
You simply must admire Switzerland’s commitment to neutrality.
*money
Budapest: HELLO BROTHERS!! I LOVE YOUUUUUU!!
The rest of Europe: Fuck off, dude, we just live in the same neighborhood.
A tiny bit of context:
Hungary just had national elections about 2 months ago, finally pulling the handbrake and getting rid of the previous government’s 16 year old reign. The previous PM (Orbán) had been inching closer to Russia every year, and this year the elections were (among many other things) basically about showing loyalty to Europe instead of taking the final step on the slippery slope and becoming a Russian lapdog again. Since the opposition was the strongest in the capital city, chances are the (only?) red colour on the map represents this, and not Budapest’s all-time excitement over the EU.EDIT: Heh, I didn’t realise the map is from 2021. While the situation has been the case for a while (Orbán announced the opening toward the East way back in the 2010’s), there is a good chance I have completely missed the point.
Also, historical Hungary used to be larger at one point in history, which could (partially?) explain the regional colours in Western Romania and Eastern Austria. Not even necessarily because of the nationality in mind, but it certainly had an influence over culture and politics.
I’m not an expert on Germany, but
their regional divide might be in part due to the East-West divide after WW2EDIT: I’m indeed not an expert on Germany. Please correct me if I’m wrong, since there’s a good chance.(also, OP, I think you wanted to spell ‘feel’ in the title)
You’re indeed wrong about Germany, the different attachments don’t follow the iron curtain at all. Both west-and east Germany have regions with different attachment color.
Most of the regions with a strong regional attachment seem to correspond to the larger independent states before German unification in the 19th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_Germany. Mecklenburg, Wurttemberg, Bayern and Upper Saxony are all 4 recognizable on the map of the op. The bit below Denmark was ruled in a personal union by the Danish monarch before the unification wars.
France tried their best to split Saarland off from Germany several times, which might explain their strong regional attachment.
Well, at least I was right about me being wrong. I guess it’s Friday again.
Sorry, and thanks for the correction! Today I learned.
The image notes that the survey was conducted in 2021. Would that change your assessment?
Haha, lol, I didn’t even notice that : ). TBF it’s been a topic for a few years already, but in that case it might have been a different reason just as well.
I think you were right about opposition being strongest in the capital My experience is big cities are more pro-european in general and rural villages generally more ‘pro-region’, I don’t know about Hungary in particular but i wouldn’t be surprised if that were true there too, not just since Orbán left but also in
20222021Definitely for at least decades, if not for eons. Obviously there are exceptions, but on average the countryside is just not as open and accepting as the average large city dweller.
You see this with support for progressive / conservative policies too. Must be countless studies into what the cause is for this effect.
Hungary = Mongol horde
