19 May 2014 6:31 PM:

Johnz

 

Strangely the Spanish as a nation have the least faith in the EU (according to research) yet have no anti-European party of note. Make of that what you will, The only thing I can think is with Franco´s rule being so recent in the mind and the fact if you went against the status quo you were killed, then the motivation to put ones "head above the parapet" is minimal. Also to what end? They have feasted off the EU coffers, they ignore many EU laws, their own politicians are even more corrupt so "wheres the issue?".

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15 May 2014 11:42 AM:

I think we all underestimate the cultural affects of Franco and before that the Inquistion. Why would anyone speak out and challenge the status quo? In the Alpujarras I still see the hate of the Spanish Civil War. One aspect in Andalucia is almost an anti-learning culture within many families and their children. The only thing the EU is to them is a possible means for a quick buck, which needs to be grabbed now before it goes away. You can see this in the huge number of wasteful EU projects in each pueblo in Andalucia and their farming practices surrounding the Common Agricultural policy where they wreck their own land and environment just to get a cent..

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15 May 2014 10:04 AM:

The only piece of research I did find about anti EU parties in Spain was a study from Sussex University some years ago which basically says, no hard or soft anti-EU parties in Spain which is really quite remarkable. So I am hoping there is a good local independent on the card when I vote.

As for people talking about the EU helping us in Spain I find that is against my experience. Where I have been asked to prove my income, savings, seperate health plan, agreement of local major etc, etc, just to get a replacement to my NIE card which had just been stolen. Plus I am onto my 30th month trying to get my UK car officially matriculated, for what the EU considers to be an illegal tax anyway. So the EU is irrelevant to us in Spain, they just want our cash just like any other country in the World and we have to prove we have some. But lets not fool ourselves that the Spanish adhere to EU laws and processes.

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