TRUST: Faith in the EU is growing

IMMIGRATION and terrorism are the two top concerns for the European Un­ion as a bloc, but trust in the EU and op­timism about its future are on the rise, a European Commission poll showed. The Commission’s twice-a-year Eu­robarometer poll showed 38 per cent of the EU’s 510 million citizens saw immigration as the most important is­sue facing the bloc. Paradoxically, the highest level of concern about the is­sue was registered in countries were immigration is minimal – Estonia, Czech Republic and Hungary. Concern over terrorism was men­tioned by 29 per cent of Europeans. Again, it was highest in countries that…