Moreover, these populists attack the EU as an elite-imposed project, while pro-European coalitions have become exhausted, disintegrating in the aftermath of EU accession in 2004. Significantly, the Polish, Czech, and Hungarian prime ministers resigned within days or weeks after fulfilling the “historic” task of “returning to Europe.”
不仅如此，民粹主义者认为加入欧盟是精英们强加给民众的任务，这消耗了亲欧联盟的力量，导致该联盟在2004年加入欧盟后即告分裂。特别值得一提的是，波兰、捷克和匈牙利的总理都在完成“回归欧洲”的“历史性”任务之后的几天或者几周之内提出了辞呈。