EUROSCEPTICISM IN THE EU: TRADE, TRUST AND ELECTED MEP'S

The 2014 European elections were one of the biggest signs yet of increasing euroscepticism across Europe. Member states with the highest number of elected Eurosceptic MEPs include Hungary (71%), the UK (60%) and Greece (57%). But does the political makeup of the European parliament truly reflect the trust and attitudes of each country's own citizens? Surveys of "Trust in the EU" (ECFR, 2014) quantify how much the public of each country "tend to trust" the EU. As a means of comparing this to how each country actually elects it members of the European parliament, the graph below displays these ECFR ratings of trust & public support for the EU and % of actual pro and eurosceptic MEPs elected in 2014.