The EU Commission's "Eurobarometer" surveys, often cited in European media as sources for how much EU citizens supposedly support a greater degree of federalization, introduction of the Euro currency (in EU countries that don't use it), joint EU army, and other EU related polls, has long been "systematically underestimating the degree of Euroskepticism" in Europe.
https://www.information.dk/udland/2019/ ... nion-polls
Of every one hundred Germans who were asked to participate in a Eurobarometer survey in early 2018, only fifteen accepted: a response rate of 15%. Experts consulted by Information estimate that the response rate ought to reach 45-50% before a survey is representative.
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»If my hypothesis is correct, then Eurobarometer is systematically underestimating the degree of Euroscepticism,« said Paolo Segatti, professor at the University of Milan.
This is because citizens who are most critical of the EU tend to be less inclined to participate in a lengthy interview about the EU.
»It’s no good at all. You cannot estimate the proportion of Euroscepticism with a response rate of 15%,« said Hermann Schmitt, Emeritus Professor at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research.
And then there's this:
Eurobarometer polls, however, differ from other polls in that they don’t use telephone or online interviews, but only conduct interviews with members of the public face-to-face at home. This makes it even more difficult to achieve high response rates.
So far, the only other media I've seen reporting on this has been the British tabloid Express. Complete media silence everywhere else, and media keeps citing them as reliable sources on how much support greater EU "integration" (handing over of sovereignty) has among EU's various countries' citizens.
Fame is not flattery. Respect is not agreement.
