In 2004, Philip Gordon expressed that "a reasonable greater part of Europeans accept that globalization can improve their lives, while accepting the European Union can assist them exploiting globalization's advantages while safeguarding them from its adverse consequen fundamental resistance comprised of communists, natural gatherings, and patriots. Occupa EU didn't seem to feel undermined by globalization in 2004. The EU work market was more and laborers were less inclined to acknowledge wage/benefit cuts. Social spending was a lo than in the US.[146] In a Danish survey in 2007, 76% answered that globalization is a decen [147]