New survey reveals Britonts feel less European

EU: In a recent survey carried out by "Eurobarometer" it discovered that Britons are feeling more less like Europeans, placing them at odds with neighbors in Germany and Scandinavia.

According to the study, which focused on people living in 15 European Union countries, it was discovered that those in the UK do not identify themselves as European.
The portion of UK citizens who saw themselves as European as well as British felled from 40 per cent to 38 percent between 1996-2004 and 2013.
During the same period, the number of countries and percentage of residents accepting a European identity had increased to 61 percent from from 58 percent .
The biggest rise were in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland, and  Greece.
The impact of these countries did pushed the overall progression upwards, despite signs from some powerful European countries showing less fervor for the EU.
The Irish Republic had the sharpest decrease, where the number of people identifying themselves as "European" dropped to 46 percent from 53 percent.
France had the second biggest decrease, from 68 percent to 62 percent, but still rank number three in the league of countries with a powerful European identity, after Luxembourg on (77 per cent) and Italy (70 per cent).