The claim is true as a general observation. Politicians in the UK have publicly shifted blame to Europe/Brussels—for example, a 2011 Hansard debate includes, "We cannot blame Brussels and the wicked foreigners for all our woes," and Reuters reported multiple EU-blame narratives during the Greek bailout crisis. Academic work on EU politics also notes that national politicians have ample opportunity to shift blame to EU institutions. (publications.parliament.uk) Sources: UK Parliament Hansard, "National Referendum on the European Union" (`https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/chan212.pdf`); Thomson Reuters Foundation / Reuters, "Further Greece bailout deeply flawed, Europe media fears" (`https://news.trust.org/item/20110620113100-se4pw`); LSE EUROPP Blog, "Who gets the blame? How policymakers in the EU shift responsibility when things go wrong" (`https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2020/01/30/who-gets-the-blame-how-policymakers-in-the-eu-shift-responsibility-when-things-go-wrong/`).