Most people who aren't working in Brussels have zero idea about how the EU functions at all.
Brexit voting towns that were shocked to find various programs shuttered once they got what they'd voted for are a great example of this.
Brexit voting towns that were shocked to find various programs shuttered once they got what they'd voted for are a great example of this.
At any rate relying on EU programs is a fools errand, they pull them up at the drop of a hat to discipline governments. Imagine if Trump could block all federal spending in California because he didn't like their politics.