Swedes more in favour of EU

The European Union is more popular in Sweden now than at any time since the country joined the then-EC in 1995. Swedes increasingly view the 27-member organization as good for food prices, the economy and the environment.

Those who vote for the Eurosceptical Left and Green parties are increasingly pro-EU. Green supporters particularly are more in favour of membership than before. Holmberg, one of the researchers, said the party itself is split on the issue.

“The Green Party’s demand that we leave the EU increasingly has the same status as the Social Democrats’ demand that we become a republic,” he said.

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