From: "Mark" 

Eh, I'm sure the EU poll is false because it was tainted by heavier
weighting in and around Paris of people who had their cars torched and/or
interviewed those that torched them 


"George Sherwood"  wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.20.03.32.01{at}beernabeer.com...
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:42:34 -0400, Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>
>> Fewer than half in the country, 42 percent, said that life in Iraq now
>> is better than it was under Saddam Hussein, the late dictator accused of
>> murdering tens of thousands during a brutal regime.
>
> At least it is a higher number then those that think their life is better
> in the EU. 
>
> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3ecee064-d578-11db-a5c6-000b5df10621.html
>
> The malaise gripping the European Union as it approaches its 50th
> birthday this week is highlighted in a new poll which shows that 44 per
> cent of citizens think life has got worse since their country joined the
> club.
>
> The FT/Harris poll, conducted in the EU's five biggest countries and the
> US, found that only 25 per cent of the Europeans questioned felt life in
> their country had improved since it joined the EU.
>
> George

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