Flash Eurobarometer 159 (Future European Constitution)

Attitudes towards a European Constitution. Topics: self-rated knowledge about the European Constitution; attitude towards the following statements on a European Constitution: necessity for the European Union to adopt a constitution, risk of block of EU institutions without a constitution, necessity for the own country to make concessions, usefulness of the position of a European Minister of Foreign Affairs, possibility for selected member states to strengthen mutual cooperation without the participation of other member states; preferred sources of information on the European Constitution; knowledge test on the European Constitution: creation of the position of a European Minister of Foreign Affairs, possibility of at least one million EU citizens to invite the European Commission to submit a proposal, election of the President of the European Council by direct universal suffrage, creation of a European army. Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community. Additionally coded was: country; interviewer ID; weighting factor. Einstellungen zur Europäischen Verfassung. Themen: Selbsteinschätzung der Informiertheit über die Vorlage zu einer Europäischen Verfassung; Einstellung zur Europäischen Verfassung, zu einem Europäischen Außenminister sowie zu bilateralen Kooperationen zwischen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten; präferierte Informationsquellen zur Europäischen Verfassung; Kenntnistest über die Inhalte der Europäischen Verfassung. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Alter bei Beendigung der Ausbildung; Beruf; berufliche Stellung; Region; Urbanisierungsgrad. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Land; Interviewer-ID; Gewichtungsfaktor.