Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2003.3

Attitudes towards the European Union and the enlargement process.
Attitudes towards EU directives. Media use. Issues on internal
security.

Topics: Expected and desired role of the EU in five year’s time;
support for joint EU decision-making (defence, environmental
protection, currency, health, social welfare, humanitarian aid,
unemployment, agriculture, education, scientific and technological
research, information on EU, foreign policy, culture, immigration,
asylum, justice, crime, police, drugs and human trafficking,
international terrorism); resignation of the President of the European
Commission; opinion towards a certain number of key EU issues (teaching
school children about the EU, common defence policy, enlargement of the
EU, common foreign policy, EU being responsible for unhandled matters,
one single currency); geopolitical orientation (attitudes to United
States, role in maintaining peace in the world, EU vs. US); media use
(computer, TV, telephone); Internet access and use; reason for using
the Internet; advantages of the Internet; computer training at school
and work; interest in teleworking; concern about unemployment, customs
fraud, terrorism, cheating the customer, drug trafficking and usage,
organized crime, citizen’s rights, crime, corruption, war, immigration,
financial crime, threats to welfare state, human trafficking; preferred
actions in these fields on EU level; support for joint decision-making
in foreign policy; support for a common defence policy among the member
states of the EU; support for „European Army”; Elements of Common
Foreign and Security Policy; common asylum policy, future member
states’ say in foreign and defence policy; own seat in the United
Nations Security Council; common European Foreign Minister; neutral
member states’ say in EU foreign and defence policy; preferred level of
decision-making regarding European defence policy; guarantees for the
rights of citizens; usage and satisfaction with utilities and basic
services; accessibility, quality and pricing of mobile/fixed telephone,
electricity supply, gas supply, water supply, postal, transport, rail
services; information on and clear contracts with the service
providers; complaints and customer services.

Demography: Nationality; marital status; age; age at termination of
school training; educational level; size of household; occupational
status; employment in the public sector; position in the household;
size of community; church attendance; income of the household; party
preference; gender.