Tag: Eurobarometer

The number of Europeans who distrust the European Union has doubled over the past six years to a record high, with bailed-out Greeks and Cypriots having the least faith in the bloc, according to a new Eurobarometer poll.

The European Union's image has improved in the eyes of a majority of Europeans in the last 10 months, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.

Europeans increasingly want stronger EU-wide cooperation to tackle the financial crisis according to the latest Eurobarometer – a snapshot of opinion across the continent gauged in May this year – although faith in the ability of institutions to combat the crisis is ebbing.

A new survey measuring public perceptions of financial difficulties, the affordability of health care and future employment and pension prospects has revealed that 30% of Europeans believe that around roughly one-third of the their country's population is edging towards poverty.

An EU survey asking citizens in 75 European cities to assess their quality of life has found that while people perceive a clear decrease in the availability of jobs, most people seem to be coping financially in the current recession.

An EU-wide poll has found that citizens from the Baltic countries are the most pessimistic about the ongoing jobs crisis, while 50% of all Europeans expect greater EU involvement in the area of employment and social affairs.

65% of the Irish believe the EU carries "a positive image", according to a survey published on Tuesday (24 June), which contradicts suggestions that the rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland amounted to a widespread public defiance about the benefits of EU membership.

Media organisations or parliamentarians should be allowed to write some of the questions posed to EU citizens in Eurobarometer polls, suggests Jacques-René Rabier, the Commission official who introduced the surveys thirty years ago in an interview with EurActiv.

National media talk too little about EU affairs and people are not well informed about what is happening in Brussels, according to citizens interviewed in an EU-wide poll.

Public opinion research is increasingly employed by politicians not just during election periods, but also to ensure public backing of important policy proposals. The Commission's revised strategy on communication seeks to introduce new methods of using the Eurobarometer, as public opinion research adapts to new communication technologies.

The latest Eurobarometer, published on 18 December 2006, shows a slight fall in support for the EU. Paradoxically, in France and the Netherlands, support for the rejected draft European Constitution has risen dramatically.

At a stakeholder conference in Madrid on 27 October, Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström underlined the need for more public-opinion research. She advocated the establishment of a new independent observatory for European Public Opinion.

Eurobarometer polls show different attitudes towards enlargement and reveal lack of knowledge.

The latest Eurobarometer shows that 52% of Europeans do not want Turkey to join the EU while 53% do not think that the EU is listening to them. There is also a general decline in confidence in the Commission and the Parliament. 

A survey conducted among EU-15 citizens living in cities shows that the vast majority are satisfied with their quality of life.

Europeans want ethics to play an essential role in scientific research and demand harmony between the methods and goals of scientific research and moral and ethical principles, show two recent Eurobarometer surveys.

More Europeans prefer employee status to being self-employed. Steady income, stability of employment and "being safe" even in unfavourable economic climate are cited as the main reasons for not becoming one's own boss.

A recent Eurobarometer survey shows that fewer people in the new Member States have a positive image of the EU than those in the EU-15.

A new Gallup Europe opinion poll shows that less than half the voters in the EU-25 intend to vote in European Parliament elections in mid-June and only a third know when the elections are.

The latest Eurobarometer polls, published in full by Gallup Europe on 23 February, reveal that current EU citizens are more concerned about jobs and finances while the newcomers feel pessimistic and ill-informed about Europe.

A majority of both Polish and Spanish respondents in the latest Eurobarometer survey on the EU Constitution would accept national concessions in the interest of a final agreement.

Support for the EU project among the Union's citizens has been declining since the spring of 2003, the latest Eurobarometer survey reveals.

The latest Eurobarometer poll found that a majority of EU citizens have a positive attitude towards globalisation, but call for increased regulation.

A Eurobarometer survey carried out during the spring shows that the majority of young Central Eastern Europeans are more committed to Europe than their counterparts in the EU 15.