Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

Do you think there should be a closer or less close relationship between the EU and member states, or is the current balance about right?

Fieldwork dates: 12 January 2025 - 10 April 2025
Data from: Great Britain
Results from: 2 polls

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Results for: Do you think there should be a closer or less close relationship between the EU and member states, or is the current balance about right?
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Pollster		 10 April 2025
Poll by YouGov 		13 January 2025
Poll by YouGov
There should be a closer union between EU countries, with member states giving more powers to the EU institutions 20% 21%
There should be a less close union between EU countries, with some current EU powers being returned to the member states 26% 29%
The current balance is about right 24% 21%
No view/Don’t know 30% 28%

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Thinking about the relationship between the European Union and member states, do you think…? There should be a closer union between EU countries, with member states giving more powers to the EU institutions/ There should be a less close union between EU countries, with some current EU powers being returned to the member states OR The current balance is about right

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