Eurobarometer 44.2bis (Jan-Mar 1996)

Ideas about the further development of the EU. Attitudes, knowledge,
expectations and preferences. Topics: Nationality (multiple response
possible); general contentment with life; preferred national as well as
regional daily newspaper, TV station and radio station; regularity of
use of selected sources of information; interest in politics; personal
opinion leadership; intensity of use of news on TV, radio and daily
newspapers; self-assessment of extent to which informed about the
policies and institutions of the EU; attention regarding European
topics in the last three months such as e.g. common European market,
Treaty of Maastricht, Europe of two speeds, discussion about new member
countries, summit meeting in Madrid and European currency union;
description of expected development of the European Union in pair
comparisons; approval of unification of Europe; approval of membership
of the country in the European Union; advantageousness of membership of
the country in the EU; assessment of the current speed of unification
and desired speed of unification of Europe; perceived obstacles for
unification of Europe; attitude to an expansion of the European Union;
European citizenship or national consciousness; personal decision with
a hypothetical referendum for or against membership in the European
Union; attitude to the slogan ´let us shape a common Europe´; most
important development steps for further development of a common Europe;
preferred countries for new acceptance into the EU; selected political
areas in which the European Union should be more active; feared
negative developments in the European Union and assessment of
probability of occurrence of these developments; assessment of the
influence of the opinion of the people on decisions of the national
government as well as decisions of the institution of the European
Union; preference for national or European decision-making authority in
selected political areas; national politicians, associations,
organizations, parties, institutions and media that stand for
believable information about the EU; most important rights of a
European citizen; hope in the common European market; judgement on
selected recommendations for the development of European policies;
attitude to treating the newly arriving Eastern European countries
equally with the less developed regions in Europe; knowledge test about
the correct number of member countries, European personalities, the
name of the common currency, currency questions, flag and presidency;
acceptance of the name EURO for the new currency; knowledge about the
primary expenditure in the European budget; interest in increased
information about the European Union; interest in new sources of
information about the EU, such as e.g. telephone queries, special fax
queries and opportunities of computer queries as well as special
information offices about the EU; availability to respondent of
information technology such as video recorder, fax device, satellite
reception, decoder for Pay-TV, teletext, computer, CD-ROM, modem and
Internet; trust in the European Commission, the national government,
the European Parliament, the national parliament and the council of
ministers; attitude to a federal structure for the European Union;
assumed attitude of selected occupational groups, associations and
organizations to European unification and designation of those gaining
the greatest advantages from unification; countries profiting the most
from the EU; self-classification on a left-right continuum; party
preference (closeness and Sunday question); rural or urban residential
area; possession of a telephone and reasons for not having a telephone.
The following question was also posed to farmers and those helping in
agricultural companies: primary harvest month.

Additionally encoded
were: date of interview; time at start of interview; length of
interview; number of persons present during interview; willingness of
respondent to cooperate.