Flash Eurobarometer 490 (Perceived Independence of the National Justice Systems in the EU among Companies, 2021)

Independence of national justice systems in the EU.<br>Topics: assessment of the national justice system in terms of the independence of courts and judges; importance of each of the following aspects with regard to the assessment: interference from government and politicians, interference from economic or other groups with specific interest, insufficient independence of status and position of judges. Demography: information about the company: number of employees, year of company establishment, ownership structure; involvement in disputes that went to court in the last two years; total turnover in 2020; sales to other EU countries and to countries outside the EU; percentage of the value of sales to other EU member states in 2020; direct selling to final consumers and / or to other companies or organisations. Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; NACE-Code; region; size of company; nation group; weighting factor.