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Is that right? Looking here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_related_to_the_European_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_related_to_th

Is that right? Looking here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_related_to_the_European_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendums_related_to_the_E... This suggests actually most referenda passed in favour of EU membership. There are 48 events and 7 "rejections". These are the votes in Greenland, San Marino, two in Norway, two in Switzerland, and Brexit. Still a fairly conclusive record of 85% in favour of EU membership.

spwa4 2y ago
Ok ... now include the fact that for every referendum that passed there are about 5 that were suddenly canceled, some halfway through. And I don't understand, given western European election results of the last 20 years, anyone could argue the EU either is popular or is becoming more popular. Even in Germany (which along with France has more than it's fair share of power in the EU), the German state is 1000x more popular than the EU.
- rich_sasha 2y ago
  That's moving the goalposts. You said they almost all failed. Now you say the ones that would have failed were cancelled... but definitely would have failed? I think citation needed. Anti-EU parties, though admittedly rising in popularity in some countries, are still losing popular e locations by a long way. AfD got 20% of the vote recently. 80% of the voters rejected then - and that is historically their best result. That's very far from a rejection of the EU in a popular vote.