Flash Eurobarometer 264: EU citizens’ perceptions about competition policy

EU citizens largely share the objectives and values of competition policy. From DG Competitions' present priority sectors, citizen identified energy with 44%, the pharmaceutical products with 25% and telecommunication with 21% as those main sectors where they perceive competition problems. The major indication for the lack of competition was that prices were felt to be too high. The survey revealed interesting differences across the Member States in the level of existing knowledge and general interest towards competition policy. The survey also gives detailed information about the perceptions across socio-economic groups. This information as well as feedback from citizens about what competition policy topics they prefer to be further informed, will allow DG Competition – together with the EU Member States' national competition authorities – a better targeted communication policy. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)欧盟公民总体上认同竞争政策的目标与核心价值。在欧盟竞争总司（DG Competitions）当前的重点领域中，民众将能源（44%）、医药产品（25%）与电信（21%）列为感知存在竞争问题的三大核心领域。民众感知到竞争缺失的最主要表征为物价高企。该项调查揭示出欧盟各成员国在对竞争政策的认知水平与整体关注度上存在值得关注的差异。该调查还提供了不同社会经济群体对竞争政策认知的详细数据。结合民众关于希望进一步了解哪些竞争政策议题的反馈，上述数据将助力欧盟竞争总司与欧盟各成员国国家级竞争主管部门制定更具针对性的传播策略。 按卷册划分的调查结果分布如下： * 卷A：国家维度 * 卷AA：国家集团维度 * 卷A'（AP）：趋势维度 * 卷AA'（AAP）：国家集团趋势维度 * 卷B：欧盟/社会人口统计学维度 * 卷B'（BP）：欧盟/社会人口统计学趋势维度 * 卷C：国家/社会人口统计学维度 —— 研究人员亦可联系莱布尼茨社会科学研究所（GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences）：https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer