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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.

In the final week before the European elections, the poll seems to represent a national test for the government in most EU countries with national parties only touching on a few European topics.

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.

A new Eurobarometer survey reveals a five per cent drop in EU-15
citizens' support for enlargement. This development is most marked
in countries sharing a border with the new Member States.

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.

In a speech to CEPS on 19 February, Trade Commissioner Lamy delivered a candid diagnosis of the state of the European Union before its "friendly merger" with ten new Member States.

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.

The latest Eurobarometer surveys point to growing pessimism throughout Europe, although support for the EU remains strong.

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

Price differences between one country and another remain significant within the EU, and yet cross-border business-to-consumer sales are stagnating, a new poll reveals.

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

Israel has voiced outrage over an EU-wide opinion poll that identified the country as the biggest threat to world peace. The Commission has acknowledged that Israel's anger was "legitimate".

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.

The latest Eurobarometer survey shows steadily increasing support for EU accession and for membership in the euro in the ten new Member States and the three candidate countries.

A new Eurobarometer opinion poll, released on 17
June, showed that a large majority of EU citizens want to keep
at least one Commissioner per Member State and also back the
idea of an EU Foreign Minister.

A Eurobarometer survey carried out at the beginning of the year with more than 18,000 respondents shows that the majority of Europeans feel the lack of ICT and language skills.

The decisive majority of the Union's citizens support the idea of a common foreign and security and defence policy, a new Eurobarometer survey reveals.

Citizens from the future Member States would like healthy food and support for improving rural life to become top priorities of the EU's agricultural policy, according to a recent Eurobarometer poll.

According to the latest Eurobarometer, 46 per cent of the EU's citizens believe that the US plays a "negative role" in world peace, while 32 per cent see Washington's contribution as positive.

According to a Eurobarometer poll carried out in January/February 2002 by the European Commission in the fifteen Member States, most EU citizens expect benefits from the enlargement of the EU, but want information about it.

According to a Eurobarometer poll on the future
of Europe, presented to the European Convention on 15 April, 67
per cent of Europeans are in favour of a
Constitution.

The first Eurobarometer survey of public opinion in the 13 candidate countries shows that the majority of candidate countries' citizens consider membership of the EU as natural, and expect it to help their national economy.

The EU's latest Eurobarometer shows relative stability in what Europeans think about different aspects of the EU. The main changes are a rise in the trust of the Commission by the Danes and a decline in Spain; a decline in EU membership support in Belgium and the Netherlands; and a decline in Spain on whether the country benefits from EU membership.

Latest Eurobarometer poll highlights citizen ignorance of, and indifference to, main challenges currently facing EU