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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

EU moving towards more xenophobic view of ‘Europeanness’, report warns

The report by the European Council on Foreign Relations and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) identifies ‘blind spots’ that could radically alter EU sentiment.
The report by the European Council on Foreign Relations and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) identifies ‘blind spots’ that could radically alter EU sentiment. Photograph: Sébastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images

Voting patterns and polling data from the past year suggest the EU is moving towards a more ethnic, closed-minded and xenophobic understanding of “Europeanness” that could ultimately challenge the European project, according to a major report.

The report, by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the European Cultural Foundation (ECF), identifies three key “blind spots” across the bloc and argues their intersection risks eroding or radically altering EU sentiment.

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