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\u201cEurope has no competences in areas where there is dissatisfaction because Europe does not intervene\u201d<\/h1>\n

Original text from R\u00e1dio Renascen\u00e7a<\/i><\/p>\n

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On 9 May 2024, R\u00e1dio Renascen\u00e7a published a piece on the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation\u2019s European Barometer, released one month before the European elections, with comments from Paulo Almeida Sande and Ana Maria Belchior, sociologist, professor at Iscte and coordinator of the Barometer.<\/p>\n

Ana Maria Belchior highlights the Portuguese public\u2019s strong support for the European project, but warns of dissatisfaction with the European Union\u2019s action in strategic areas, such as the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. She stresses that discontent is not with democracy itself, but with how it works in practice, with politicians and parties.<\/p>\n

She also points out, as one of the most surprising findings, that more than half of respondents could not correctly name a Portuguese MEP.<\/p>\n

Read the <\/i>full article on Renascen\u00e7a<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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