Eurobarometer 54.1 (Oct-Nov 2000)

The major topics are:
1. Political attitudes and questions on the European Union
2. European Parliament
3. Public safety
4. Defense.
Topics:
1. political attitudes and questions on the European Union:
nationality;
frequency of political discussions in one's circle of friends;
personal opinion leadership;
satisfaction with life in general;
deterioration or improvement next year regarding life general,
the economic situation of one's own country,
the financial situation of one's own household,
the situation in the job market of one's own country and
one's own occupational situation;
national pride and perceived pride in Europe;
perceived solidarity with place of residence, region, country and Europe;
satisfaction with democracy in the country and in Europe;
media usage;
satisfaction with reporting about European topics in the media;
self-assessment of extent to which informed about the EU (scale),
its policies and its institutions;
preferred sources of information, information channels and
means of information about the EU, its policies and its institutions;
judgement on membership of the country in the EU;
advantageousness of this membership;
assessment of current speed of integration of Europe and
desired speed of integration;
expected and desired significance of the EU for daily life of respondent
in five years;
knowledge about the European institutions and judgement on the importance of
the European Parliament, the European Commission, Council of Ministers of the
European Union, European Court of Justice, European Ombudsman,
European Central bank, European Accounting Office,
the Committee of the Regions of the European Union and
the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union;
trust in these European institutions;
attitude to the common European currency, foreign policy,
defense policy and EU Enlargement;
attitude to support of the president and the members of the European Commission
by a majority of the European Parliament;
attitude to school instruction about the work of European institutions;
preference for national or European decision-making power
over selected political areas;
desired priorities in EU policies, such as e.g.
acceptance of new member countries, populism of the EU,
successful introduction of the Euro, fight against poverty,
environmental protection, consumer protection, fighting unemployment,
fight against organized crime and drug trade, reform of EU institutions,
securing peace and protection of the right to privacy and
democratic principles in Europe;
knowledge about the greatest expenditure budget in the EU;
feared negative social and economic consequences from unification;
self-assessment of personal extent to which informed about the Euro;
means of information about the Euro used;
preferred new EU member countries;
criteria for acceptance of new countries;
attitude to possible effects of EU enlargement (scale);
preference for majority decisions of all or only selected member countries
after EU extension to the East.
2. European Parliament:
knowledge and significance of the European Parliament;
desire for strengthening of the European Parliament;
assessment of the representation of interests of the European citizens
by the European Parliament;
most important interests that should be represented by the European Parliament;
frequency of personal election participation in European Parliament elections;
probability of personal election participation in the next European Election
(scale);
perceived influence of national and European Parliament on personal life
(scale).
3. Public safety:
personal feeling of security;
contact with drug problems at place of residence;
victim of violence, home burglary or theft (victimization);
crimes of violence or thefts reported;
security devices against break-in in house or residence;
security measures undertaken after a break-in.
4. Defense policy:
personal fears of crisis situations (fear of war, weapons of mass destruction,
race conflicts, terrorism, organized crime, epidemics);
attitude to task areas of military forces (national defense, peace missions,
protection in catastrophes);
opinion on ability and decision-making in European defense policy;
possible tasks of a European army;
preferred form of European security policy and defense policy;
opinion on European rapid deployment force;
trust in institutions (politics, church, large concern, the judiciary,
education system, media, parties, authorities, trade unions, army,
United Nations, charitable organizations, non-governmental organizations);
party preference (Sunday question).
The following additional questions were posed in France:
extent to which informed about the EU presidency of France and
perceived importance.
Demography:
age;
sex;
marital status;
size of household;
children in household;
age at termination of education;
employment;
occupation last practiced;
self-assessment on a left-right continuum;
activity in household;
household income;
possession of a telephone.
Also encoded was:
date of interview;
start of interview;
length of interview;
presence of further persons during interview;
cooperation of respondent;
city size.