Candidate Countries Eurobarometer 2003.2

Life in the candidate countries. Attitudes towards foreigners.
Attitudes towards European Union and accession process. EU directives.

Topics: Current life satisfaction; life satisfaction compared with
five years ago; life satisfaction over the next five years; change in
subjective well-being; trust in institutions; trust in political
institutions; satisfaction with democracy; trust in other social
institutions; problems facing the nations; media use; news viewership
on television; news readership of daily newspapers; news listenership
on the radio; trust in the media; citizens fear epidemics the most
geopolitical orientation; role of the United States and the EU;
contacts with foreign countries; knowledge of basic EU-related facts;
self-perceived knowledge about the EU; information about the EU;
sources of information about the EU; prefered topics; prefered methods
for receiving information about the EU; preference for national versus
EU-originated information; interest in EU news; attitudes towards the
EU; feeling European; national pride; European pride; support for EU
membership; awareness of country´s bid for EU membership; support for
EU membership; referendum about membership; perceived benefits of EU
membership; personal benefits; benefits for the country; expected
benefits for various social groups; image of the EU; meaning of EU;
meaning of being a citizen of the EU; fears related to the building of
Europe; expected and desired role of the EU in five years time; support
for key issues (common defence policy; teaching school children about
EU, EC commissioners coming from each of the member states, enlargement
of the EU in May 2004, common foreign policy, constitution for EU; one
single currency, further enlargement of the EU to include other
countries, speed of building Europe); participation in EP elections;
support for a common foreign policy; support for joint EU
decision-making; support of European Foreign Minister; support for a
common security policy (CFSP); support for joint EU decision making
about defence policy (ESDP); citizen´s support the setting up of a
European Army; concrete measures related to CFSP and ESDP; European
defence policy decision making: role of NATO and EU; attitudes and
knowledge about enlargement and the accession process; attitudes toward
enlargement; perception of support levels for membership in the current
Member States; time frame of the EU accession; feeling informed about
enlargement and the process of accession ; pre-accession funds; mutual
support of membership in the candidate region; EU institutions EU among
other supranational institutions; democracy in the EU; EU institutions
and bodies; awareness of the EU and its institutions; role of the EU
and its institutions; trust in the European Parliament and the European
Commission; future of Europe for future citizens; Constitution; name of
the EU; EP right to withdraw confidence from the EC; direct election of
the President of the Commission; preference for a commissioner for each
country; European tax; presidency; decision making; support for joint
decision-making.

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.