Euroscepticism on rise in Europe, poll suggests

The news comes little more than two weeks before Britain decides whether to remain within the EU.

Nonetheless, the Pew Research Centre report found that a slim majority – a median of 51% – of respondents across 10 EU countries still favoured the EU.

42% want more power returned to their national capitals.

In its poll results released on Tuesday, the Pew Research Center found a majority of people were unfavourable towards the EU in Greece (71%) and France (61%).

That followed a steep decline in EU favourability in France (down 17 percentage points from 2015 to 2016) and Spain (down 16 points over the same period). In the UK, support was down eight points, and in Italy six.

In five of the six nations surveyed in both 2015 and 2016, it found favourability had declined.

Another poll has found most Europeans want the UK to stay in the EU.

The findings, by TNS, contrasted with its survey among Britons, which found that 41% supported remaining, compared with 43% in favour of leaving.