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title: "The EU Is Alive and Well, But the Referendums Are Coming"
description: "The resounding June 18 victory of the pro-European Union En Marche party in the French National Assembly elections suggests, to paraphrase Mark Twain, that reports of the imminent death of the EU were premature."
date: "2017-06-26"
authors:
  - name: "Bruce Stokes"
    job_title: "Former Director, Global Economic Attitudes"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/bruce-stokes/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/06/26/the-eu-is-alive-and-well-but-the-referendums-are-coming/"
---

# The EU Is Alive and Well, But the Referendums Are Coming

*Special to [Foreign Policy](https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/20/the-eu-is-alive-and-well-but-the-referendums-are-coming/)*

The resounding June 18 [victory](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/18/emmanuel-macron-marches-on-majority-french-parliament) of the pro-European Union En Marche party in the French National Assembly elections suggests, to paraphrase Mark Twain, that reports of the imminent death of the EU were premature.

Majorities now hold a favorable view of the EU in nine of the 10 European nations [surveyed recently](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2017/06/15/post-brexit-europeans-more-favorable-toward-eu/) by the Pew Research Center, before the French election. And across these countries, even larger majorities oppose their country following the British example and exiting the EU.

*Read more at [Foreign Policy](https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/06/20/the-eu-is-alive-and-well-but-the-referendums-are-coming/)*