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It's not huge at all: it is less than 1% of the population. The fact that this is used to justify 'the people want it' is hilarious. 1) People who care about a
by apexalpha 8y ago
It's not huge at all: it is less than 1% of the population. The fact that this is used to justify 'the people want it' is hilarious.
1) People who care about abolishing it are way more likely to vote.
2) It depended heavily on media broadcasting the fact that it exists. This is why 90% of the 4M people are German; their media picked it up.
Whether you want to get rid of it or not; both are fine. However, this poll isn't a reasonable argument in favour of it.
- blattimwind 8y ago> 90% 65 %.
- ddebernardy 8y agoRespectfully disagree 1% of the population answering a public consultation by the EU is low. On the contrary, it strikes me as fairly large. It wasn't a widely advertised referendum where everyone was asked for their opinion. It was a consultation that got picked up by a few media outlets (and HN if memory serves me well). Public interest was high enough that millions took note and answered. Plus, it's the EU - which nobody ever hears about in my neck of the woods. Most of the time, nobody hears about these consultations [0] except the small circle of interest groups that lobby EU institutions. Much like on Capital Hill across the pond, their input, rather than that of the general public, is what makes or breaks legislation. In that context, getting 4.6M answers from the general public is a reasonable argument in favor. [0] https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations_en
- gsich 8y agoPeople who didn't vote are fine with either way. But it's only a poll.
- toyg 8y agoIt's basically become the first EU-wide referendum on a topic completely disjointed from party politics. As such, it's historic. If "your" media didn't pick it up, blame them. What happens in the EU matters more than national squabbles.