There was faltering support for the Netherlands to
withdraw from the European Union, according to a survey of voters and
non-voters in the Netherlands during the 2019European Parliamentary
elections.
The
poll, conducted by Ipsos for broadcaster NOS, also showed several
nationalist issues falling out of favor with the Dutch public. Just 15
percent of people agreed with a mandate saying the Netherlands should
leave the EU. That is down from 24 percent of respondents five years
ago. About 65 percent disagreed with the sentiment, with the rest saying
they either did not know or did not care.
Interestingly,
about 60 percent of voters said the Netherlands is better as part of
the European Union, while fewer than 40 percent of non-voters said the
same. Still, about 69 percent want to see the EU grow even stronger
because of international tensions, while only 7 percent disagreed.
