Quote Originally Posted by Tiaexz View Post
Both major parties are pro-Europe, according to a dutch friend of mine. Though they were very upset that it is turning into American style "2-party" system since they both got 40% shares of the vote.
Generally speaking voters' opinions of the EU are not reflected in the way they cast their ballots at national elections. This is because domestic issues decide elections, and the EU is considered a foreign policy issue.

For example, many working-class tradesmen are against the EU's directives which allow Eastern Europeans to easily enter the UK and undercut them, but they still vote Labour - the party that backed the policy.