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The EU faces an uncertain future after a Brussels-based think tank published a survey that showed a majority of European citizens were not enamoured with the European project.

According to the Friends of Europe think tank, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of EU citizens questioned do not think life would be any worse without the bloc.

Another 49 percent of Europeans view the EU as an "irrelevant" project, with grievances around the lack of transparency and anger at EU leaders "not focusing on the things people care about".

This runs counter to the message put out by the EU themselves, with the foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini claiming that the world would not survive without the bloc.