The Future European Constitution

Flash Eurobarometer
European
Commission
The Future
European Constitution
Fieldwork : January 2004
Flash Eurobarometer 159 - TNS Sofres / EOS Gallup Europe
Publication : February 2004
This survey was requested by the Secretariat General and coordinated by Directorate
General Press and Communication
This document does not represent the point of view of the European Commission.
The interpretations and opinions contained in it are solely those of the authors.
FLASH EUROBAROMETER 159
“ The future European Constitution ”
Conducted by EOS Gallup Europe upon the request of the European Commission
(Secretariat General)
Survey organised and managed by Directorate-General “Press and Communication”
(Opinion Polls, Press Reviews, Europe Direct)
This document does not reflect the views of the European Commission.
Any interpretations or opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors
alone.
SURVEY: January 2004
ANALYTICAL REPORT: February 2004
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PRESENTATION ........................................................................................2
1.
Information on the draft of the future European Constitution........3
1.1. Level of information related to the future European Constitution ........3
1.2. Means of accessing information .....................................................6
2.
Detailed knowledge of key issues contained in the draft of the
European Constitution..................................................................11
2.1. Will the position of a minister of foreign affairs of the EU be created? 11
2.2. Can one million citizens of the EU invite the European Commission to
submit a proposal? .................................................................... 13
2.3. Will the president of the European Council be elected by direct
universal suffrage? .................................................................... 16
2.4. Will a European army be created?................................................ 18
3.
Adherence to the adoption of a European Constitution ................21
3.1.
3.2.
3.3.
3.4.
3.5.
Should the European Union adopt a Constitution? .......................... 21
Is a Constitution vital to the functioning of the EU institutions? ........ 24
Acceptance of concessions .......................................................... 26
Is a “two-speed Europe” acceptable in the opinion of the public? ...... 28
Adherence to the creation of an EU Foreign Affairs Minister ............. 30
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................33
ANNEXES
TECHNICAL NOTE
QUESTIONNAIRE
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PRESENTATION
The draft of the future European Constitution, drawn up by the Convention on the
future of Europe, was submitted for final approval to the intergovernmental
conference of Rome that opened in October 2003. During the summit of heads of
states and governments, on the 12th and 13th of December 2003, it was however
concluded that it was not possible for the intergovernmental conference to reach
an overall agreement on the draft constitutional treaty at this stage.
Due to disagreements on specific issues of the draft, the constitutional process
has, until this day, not been able to draw to a close, and a final agreement has
not been reached among leaders of the EU member states.
Furthermore, with just 4 months to go before the enlargement of the European
Union to 10 new member states, the European Union finds itself in need of
reaching a compromise in order to put into place the much needed reforms which
will allow the European institutions to function with 25 member states.
In this context, the Secretariat General was interested in knowing how the
European public opinion positions itself on this issue. What do Europeans think
about a possible European Constitution, and how well informed are they on key
issues this text represents?
From the 14th to the 23rd of January 2004 (four weeks after the failure of the
intergovernmental conference to reach an agreement) the EOS Gallup Europe
network conducted a survey among over 25,000 citizens aged 15 years and over
throughout the 15 current EU member states and the 10 acceding countries.
Hence, the citizens of the 25 future members of the enlarged European Union had
the opportunity to express their opinion on this highly important European issue.
The main objective of this study is to analyse the awareness and the level of
information of European citizens concerning the future European Constitution,
and whether they accept to see a Constitution put into place for the European
Union.
The following points will be analysed in this report:
- the level of information related to the future European Constitution
- the knowledge of issues contained in the constitutional text
- the adherence to the adoption of a European Constitution
The main results will be analysed in the following pages. We will present the
results for each separate country, the average of the future European Union of 25
Member States as well as the averages of two sub-totals, namely, the current
European Union comprising 15 Member States and the 10 acceding countries.
Furthermore, results by socio-demographic characteristics, consisting of gender,
age, level of education, occupation and locality type will also be presented in this
report.
The sample sizes amount to approximately 1000 respondents in each country.
The methodology used for the current 15 Member States is that of Flash
Eurobarometer. In the acceding countries, telephone interviews were conducted
with the exception of the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, where
face-to-face interviews were conducted due to low telephone penetration rates.
A technical note indicating the manner in which the 25 EOS Gallup Europe
institutes conducted interviews can be found at the end of this analysis. It
provides further details on interviewing methods as well as statistical margins of
error.
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Information on the draft of the future European Constitution
In this first chapter, we will analyse the level of information citizens consider
having received concerning the future European Constitution. First, we will see
how well European citizens consider themselves informed on questions relating to
the draft of the future European Constitution. Then, in a second part, we will see
which sources of information citizens prefer in order to be informed about the
future European Constitution.
1.1.
Level of information related to the future European Constitution
- Only one fourth of citizens in the enlarged European Union consider themselves
well informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European
Constitution The results for the average of the 25 countries participating in this survey, which
represents the enlarged European Union of May 2004, clearly indicates that
the public feels it lacks information on questions relating to the draft of the future
European Constitution. Indeed, only 25% of all respondents indicate being well
informed on this issue.
When comparing the averages of the 15 current EU member states and that of
the 10 acceding countries, we can note that the rate of persons considering
themselves well informed is significantly higher in the acceding countries than in
the EU member states, at respectively 31% against 24%.
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather
badly informed or very badly informed on questions relating to the draft of the future
European Constitution?
To tal 'Well info rmed'
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
To tal 'B adly info rmed'
[DK/ NA ]
5%
64%
3 1%
SI
CY
MT
L
HU
A
LT
PL
DK
IRL
B
F
D
CZ
UK
I
NL
SK
LV
EE
EL
E
S
P
FIN
3%
3%
71%
73 %
2 5%
24%
51%
48%
55%
43%
3 7%
3 5%
64%
6 5%
34%
34%
66%
33%
7%
6 1%
6 7%
32%
3 1%
2 7%
26%
71%
68%
71%
26%
26%
72 %
70 %
28%
5%
4%
5%
71%
24%
76 %
24%
24%
73 %
23%
23%
23%
70 %
74 %
74 %
6%
77%
74 %
22%
20%
5%
79 %
19 %
4%
80%
8 7%
17%
13 %
0%
7%
56 %
64%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Results by country show us that Slovenians feel the best informed with a rate of
48% (They nevertheless still represent a minority in this country). This rate is 17
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percentage points above the acceding countries average (31%) and 23
percentage points above the enlarged European Union’s average (25%). The
rates in Cyprus and Malta follow, with respectively 43% and 37%.
Among the current EU member states, we can observe that Luxembourg (35%)
has the highest rate of respondents feeling well informed on questions relating to
the draft of the future European Constitution. Austria (34%) and Denmark
(31%) follow with slightly lower rates.
On the opposite side of the graph we can observe that Finland has the lowest
rate of respondents feeling well informed on questions relating to this draft, with
a rate of 13%. This result is 11 percentage points below the current EU average
(24%).
Portugal (17%), Sweden (19%) and Spain (20%) follow with slightly better
rates of information, but still remain very deficient.
Among the acceding countries, Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia seem to have the
lowest rates of respondents who indicate being well informed on this draft, with
identical rates of 23%.
Breakdown by socio-demographic characteristics
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When observing results by socio-demographic categories, we can clearly
distinguish disparities between results for populations in the European Union and
those in the acceding countries.
Among genders, men seem better informed than women in both sub-totals.
However, this difference is more accentuated in the EU member states, where 7
percentage points separate these two categories, compared to 4 points in the
acceding countries.
In the age category, the eldest populations seem somewhat more informed than
the rest of the population. This is somewhat more the case in the EU member
states, where over 8 percentage points separate this category from the others.
The education level shows us that, while in the EU member states there are no
discrepancies as to the information on the draft of the future European
Constitution, results in the acceding countries clearly show that those with the
highest level of education have a significantly higher rate than the populations
with the lowest education. Over 8 percentage points separate these categories.
Furthermore, the rate of the highest educated is 7 percentage points above the
acceding countries average.
In the occupation category, while employees seem to be the least well
informed in the current EU (21%), they have, on the contrary, the highest rate in
the acceding countries (33%).
Finally, the locality type shows us that there are no significant discrepancies
between categories in the current EU, while as in the acceding countries, those
living in urban areas indicate being somewhat better informed than in the other
two categories, with a difference of over 5 percentage points.
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed,
rather badly informed or very badly informed on questions relating to the draft
of the future European Constitution?
% Total "Well Informed"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
2 5%
24%
TOTA L
A C (10)
3 1%
SEX
29%
28%
M ale
23%
2 1%
Female
33%
29%
A GE
2 5%
23%
15-24
2 1%
19 %
25-39
22%
22%
40-54
33%
3 1%
2 7%
55&+
32%
3 1%
34%
EDUCA TION
2 5%
2 5%
29%
2 5%
24%
30%
26%
24%
15& 16-20
21&+
38%
OCCUP A TION
2 5%
24%
Self-emplo yed
22%
2 1%
Emplo yee
3 1%
22%
22%
24%
M anual wo rker
33%
28%
28%
32%
Currently no t wo rking
LOCA LITY TYP E
24%
23%
M etro po litan
28%
2 7%
2 5%
Other To wn/ Urban
34%
2 5%
2 5%
29%
Rural
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
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Means of accessing information
- National television channels or radio stations are the most preferred means of
getting informed about the future European Constitution Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to
be informed the most about the future European
Constitution?
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
65%
65%
64%
Thro ugh natio nal televisio n
channels o r radio statio ns
43%
44%
4 1%
Thro ugh the natio nal
written press
Thro ugh regio nal o r lo cal televisio n
channels o r radio statio ns
16 %
29%
3 1%
28%
30%
20%
28%
28%
25%
23%
23%
20%
13 %
12 %
17 %
Thro ugh the regio nal
o r lo cal written press
Thro ugh info rmatio nal
do cuments o r bro chures
Thro ugh the Internet
Thro ugh an o rganised
meeting in yo ur to wn
[DOES NOT WISH
TO RECEIVE A NY
INFORM A TION]
A C (10)
1%
2%
[OTHER]
1%
[DK/NA ]
1%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
When asked through which means they would like to be informed the most about
the future European Constitution, both citizens in the EU member states (65%)
and those in the acceding countries (64%) are a majority to indicate national
television channels or radio stations as their most preferred information source.
The national written press follows with almost identical rates in both sub-totals,
44% in the EU and 41% in the acceding countries.
Disparities between the two sub-totals can be observed concerning the regional
information sources: while 31% of respondents in the current EU indicate the
regional or local television channels or radio stations, only 16% of respondents in
the acceding countries do the same.
Furthermore, 10 percentage points separate the rate in the current EU (30%)
from that of the acceding countries (20%) when it comes to the regional or local
written press.
The Internet and informational documents/brochures also have lower rates of
preference. It is interesting to note that concerning Internet, there are no major
disparities between the two sub-totals. Only 3 percentage points separate the EU
average (23%) from the acceding countries average (20%).
The means of accessing information that are the least preferred are organised
meetings in respondents’ towns. The rate for this information source seems to be
5 percentage points lower in the current EU member states (12%) than in the
acceding countries (17%).
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In other words, this low rate of preference for getting information through
organised meetings in peoples’ towns, shows that citizens seem more ready to
receive information than to try to get this information in partaking in such
meetings for example. And yet we know from other studies that personal
involvement can be of great help to understand the issues related to such topics.
Country results for the two main means of information show significant
discrepancies:
Q 3 . Y o u pe rs o na lly, t hro ugh whic h m e a ns wo uld yo u lik e t o be
inf o rm e d t he m o s t a bo ut t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n?
"T hro ugh na t io na l t e le v is io n c ha nne ls o r ra dio s t a t io ns "
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
I
LT
CZ
DK
HU
IRL
P
SI
SK
UK
LV
FIN
NL
EL
MT
B
CY
L
EE
F
D
S
A
PL
E
65%
65%
64%
87%
80%
80%
78%
76%
76%
75%
73%
72%
70%
70%
70%
67%
64%
63%
63%
62%
60%
60%
56%
56%
54%
54%
53%
52%
Italy has the highest rate when it comes to getting information on the future
European Constitution through national television channels or radio stations, with
a rate of 87%. This rate is 22 percentage points above the EU member states
average. The Czech Republic and Lithuania follow with both 80%.
The lowest rate can be found in Spain with 52% of Spanish respondents
indicating that they use this means of information.
Poland has the lowest rate among the acceding countries, with 53%.
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As for the national written press, respondents in the Czech Republic indicate the
highest rate for using this means as a source of information on the European
Constitution, with 70%. This rate is 29 percentage points above the acceding
countries average. Italy follows with 67%.
On the other side of the graph, we can note that Cyprus has by far the lowest
rates of preference for this means of information. Only 19% of Cypriots indicate
the national written press, a rate that is 22 percentage points below the acceding
countries average (41%).
Respondents in Poland and Spain also have very low rates of usage of the
national press to get informed, with both 28%.
Q 3 . Y o u pe rs o na lly, t hro ugh whic h m e a ns wo uld yo u lik e t o be
inf o rm e d t he m o s t a bo ut t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n?
"T hro ugh t he na t io na l writ t e n pre s s "
43%
44%
4 1%
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
CZ
I
SK
L
IRL
LT
LV
DK
FIN
UK
EE
HU
B
A
NL
SI
EL
MT
D
P
S
F
E
PL
CY
70%
67%
60%
56%
56%
5 1%
50%
50%
49%
49%
48%
48%
45%
44%
44%
44%
4 1%
37%
34%
34%
34%
32%
28%
28%
19 %
When crossing these two items of question 3, we can note that in the enlarged
European Union of 25 member states, those who indicate that they would like to
be informed about the future European Constitution through the national press
are 72% to indicate that they would also like to be informed through the national
television channels or radio stations.
We can therefore suppose that informing oneself on the future of the European
Constitution is in general a passive reasoning.
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66%
Female
66%
65%
65%
25-39
40-54
55&+
65%
64%
16-20
21&+
66%
65%
Employee
Manual worker
Currently not
working
62%
68%
64%
Metropolitan
Other Town/ Urban
Rural
LOCALITY TYPE
62%
67%
Self-employed
OCCUPATION
69%
15& -
EDUCATION
63%
15-24
AGE
64%
69%
62%
65%
65%
67%
62%
64%
65%
69%
64%
66%
66%
64%
66%
64%
64%
SEX
Male
63%
64%
67%
63%
69%
66%
62%
64%
64%
69%
69%
63%
65%
57%
65%
64%
64%
41%
46%
43%
40%
41%
48%
49%
51%
42%
39%
43%
46%
45%
38%
41%
46%
43%
65%
65%
41%
47%
42%
41%
41%
48%
50%
50%
43%
40%
43%
46%
45%
39%
41%
47%
44%
37%
41%
52%
37%
43%
51%
45%
53%
39%
34%
40%
45%
42%
37%
41%
42%
41%
AC10
TOTAL
EU15
TOT 25
EU15
TOT 25
AC10
Through the national
written press
Through national
television channels or
radio stations
31%
29%
24%
31%
32%
24%
27%
20%
29%
39%
32%
28%
26%
26%
32%
25%
29%
TOT 25
35%
32%
26%
34%
35%
25%
30%
21%
32%
41%
35%
30%
29%
29%
35%
27%
31%
EU15
17%
16%
12%
16%
17%
14%
16%
12%
16%
21%
16%
17%
15%
15%
17%
15%
16%
AC10
Through regional or
local television
channels or radio
stations
30%
28%
26%
26%
30%
31%
30%
26%
30%
27%
30%
31%
28%
20%
29%
27%
28%
TOT 25
32%
30%
27%
27%
31%
32%
31%
27%
32%
28%
31%
32%
29%
21%
31%
28%
30%
EU15
22%
22%
13%
18%
27%
21%
22%
17%
21%
21%
20%
25%
22%
13%
22%
19%
20%
AC10
Through the regional
or local written press
25%
27%
32%
25%
27%
33%
29%
34%
28%
21%
24%
29%
33%
27%
29%
27%
28%
TOT 25
25%
28%
33%
25%
28%
33%
30%
34%
29%
21%
24%
29%
34%
28%
29%
28%
28%
EU15
24%
25%
28%
24%
24%
29%
23%
29%
26%
18%
22%
26%
28%
24%
27%
23%
25%
AC10
19%
24%
25%
18%
22%
30%
25%
28%
26%
11%
9%
22%
27%
44%
19%
27%
23%
TOT 25
20%
24%
25%
18%
24%
30%
26%
28%
27%
11%
10%
23%
28%
45%
19%
27%
23%
EU15
15%
22%
28%
19%
10%
31%
18%
30%
20%
9%
4%
15%
26%
44%
19%
23%
20%
AC10
Through informational
documents or
Through the Internet
brochures
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most about the future European Constitution?
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16%
13%
10%
15%
12%
11%
14%
11%
13%
14%
13%
13%
12%
15%
14%
12%
13%
TOT 25
15%
12%
10%
14%
11%
11%
13%
11%
12%
14%
13%
13%
11%
14%
13%
12%
12%
EU15
21%
17%
8%
18%
16%
14%
20%
12%
19%
14%
15%
17%
18%
21%
18%
16%
17%
AC10
Through an organised
meeting in your town
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Breakdown by socio-demographic characteristics
The results by social and demographic categories reveal certain disparities among
the categories and between the two sub-totals concerning the preferred means of
information.
Among genders, men (47%) seem to prefer the national press somewhat more
than women (41%) in the current EU member states, since 6 percentage points
separate these categories. In the acceding countries rates among genders are
almost identical.
On the other hand, women (35%) are far keener than men (27%) on getting
informed through local television channels or radio stations in the current EU,
with a difference of 8 percentage points. Once again, this discrepancy is almost
inexistent in the acceding countries.
Finally, Internet seems to be significantly more preferred as an information
source by men (27%) than women (19%) in the EU, with 8 percentage points
separating these categories. In the acceding countries, only 4 percent separate
men from women.
The age categories show that, while rates are identical in the EU member states
when it comes to being informed through national television channels or radio
stations, the eldest populations (69%) in the acceding countries rely much more
on this source of information than do the youngest populations (57%). 12
percentage points separate these two categories.
Information through Internet is far more preferred by the youngest populations,
and rates clearly decrease with age. This is the case in both sub-totals, although
it is more accentuated in the acceding countries, where 40 percentage points
separate the rate of those aged 15 to 24 (44%) with those aged 55 years and
older (4%).
The education level reveals that there are important disparities between
populations with the highest education level and those with the lowest. This
concerns the national written press (10 percentage points of difference in the EU,
19 points in the acceding countries), informational documents/brochures and the
Internet, which are far more preferred by populations with the highest level of
education.
On the other hand, regional or local television channels or radio stations seem to
be more preferred by those with the lowest level of education. This is especially
the case in the EU member states where 20 percentage points separate these two
categories. This is also, to some extent, the case for national television channels
or radio stations: 5 percentage points separate the rate of those with the lowest
level of education from the most educated populations. Rates are identical in both
sub-totals.
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Detailed knowledge of key issues contained in the draft of the
European Constitution
In this second chapter, we will test the public’s knowledge on some key aspects
of the future European Constitution by analysing if respondents are able to
distinguish whether the statements, which are supposedly planned in the draft of
the future European Constitution, are true or false.
2.1.
Will the position of a minister of foreign affairs of the EU be
created?
- EU citizens somewhat more aware than those in acceding countries that the
position of an EU Foreign Affairs Minister will be created Q 4 . It is pla nne d in t he dra f t o f t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n e la bo ra t e d by
t he C o nv e nt io n o n t he f ut ure o f E uro pe t ha t …
a ) t he po s it io n o f a M inis t e r o f F o re ign A f f a irs o f t he E uro pe a n Unio n will be
c re a t e d
True
False
[DK/NA ]
63%
EU (15)
64%
15 %
2 1%
27%
15 %
59%
A C (10)
17 %
20%
TOTA L (25)
73%
CY
73%
EL
73%
L
72%
A
64%
64%
F
B
60%
FIN
59%
HU
58%
CZ
54%
DK
54%
MT
53%
24%
16 %
12 %
18 %
25%
28%
17 %
35%
11%
18 %
28%
38%
9%
26%
23%
23%
35%
17 %
49%
44%
8%
48%
32%
22%
46%
4 1%
14 %
45%
20%
20%
16 %
32%
27%
0%
18 %
23%
10 %
5 1%
SK
22%
29%
50%
P
19 %
17 %
S
LV
23%
14 %
NL
EE
8%
22%
12 %
56%
E
13 %
15 %
57%
UK
10 %
18 %
62%
6 1%
PL
19 %
8%
65%
SI
13 %
14 %
70%
D
LT
5%
19 %
76%
I
IRL
40%
60%
80%
100%
A solid majority of Europeans throughout the 25 future member states of the
enlarged European Union indicate the correct answer to the statement that the
position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the EU will be created: 63% of
respondents throughout the 25 countries answer ‘True’.
We can however note that there are slight differences between the rates of the
two sub-totals, where correct answers are somewhat lower in the acceding
countries (59%) than in the current EU member states (64%). We can also
note that the rate of respondents who did not know or who refused to answer is
significantly higher in the acceding countries (27%), with a difference of 12
percentage points compared to the average of the EU member states (15%).
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Country results show us that Italy has the highest rate of correct responses, with
76% of respondents indicating that the position of a EU Foreign Affairs Minister
will indeed be created. This rate is 12 percentage points above the European
Union average (64%).This could be explained by the Italian presidency during the
last 6 months of 2003. Ireland and Greece follow with 73%.
Among the acceding countries, we can note that Cyprus has the highest rate,
with 73%. This rate is 14 percentage points above the acceding countries average
(59%). Lithuania follows, but with a significantly lower rate, at 65%.
On the opposite side of the graph, we can note that Slovakia has the lowest rate
of correct answers (45%). Its rate is 14 percentage points below the acceding
countries average. Portugal (46%), Latvia (48%) and Estonia (49%) also have
low rates of correct answers. In these four countries less than half of the
population is aware that the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
European Union will be created if the future European Constitution is adopted.
We must however take into count the high levels of respondents in these
countries who did not know or who refused to answer. In Latvia, this rate
reaches 44%, which is another indication of the poor level of information about
this issue in this country.
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Q4. It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated
by the Convention on the future of Europe that…
a) the position of a Minister of Foreign A ffairs of the European Union will be
created
% "True"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
63%
64%
59 %
TOTAL
SEX
66%
6 7%
59 %
6 1%
6 1%
59 %
Male
Female
AGE
6 7%
66%
69%
6 5%
6 7%
59 %
6 1%
62%
57%
6 1%
62%
53 %
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
EDUCATION
6 1%
62%
53 %
6 5%
66%
6 1%
64%
6 5%
56 %
15& 16-20
21&+
OCCUPATION
6 5%
66%
57%
63%
6 5%
55%
6 1%
6 1%
58 %
63%
64%
6 1%
Self-employed
Employee
Manual worker
Currently not working
LOCALITY TYPE
63%
64%
55%
64%
6 5%
58 %
62%
63%
6 1%
Metropolitan
Other Town/ Urban
Rural
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Among genders, we can note that men seem more aware than women of the
correct response in the current EU member states, with respectively 67% against
61%. This is not the case in the acceding countries, where we can observe
identical rates of 59%.
The age categories reveal that younger populations have higher rates of correct
answers than older populations. This is especially the case in the acceding
countries where 69% of populations aged 15 to 24 give the correct answer
compared to only 53% among those aged 55 and over.
2.2.
Can one million citizens of the EU invite the European
Commission to submit a proposal?
- Close to a half of all citizens in the enlarged European Union
indicate the correct answer –
Q 4 . It is pla nne d in t he dra f t o f t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n e la bo ra t e d by
t he C o nv e nt io n o n t he f ut ure o f E uro pe t ha t …
b) a t le a s t o ne m illio n c it ize ns o f t he E uro pe a n Unio n c a n inv it e t he E uro pe a n
C o m m is s io n t o s ubm it a pro po s a l
True
False
TOTA L (25)
42%
EU (15)
A C (10)
43%
38%
[DK/NA ]
35%
23%
36%
20%
28%
34%
60%
LT
A
20%
55%
CY
54%
D
I
54%
EL
53%
47%
S
EE
47%
46%
IRL
45%
B
44%
UK
L
37%
NL
32%
32%
3 1%
0%
27%
19 %
25%
33%
35%
28%
34%
27%
4 1%
23%
32%
36%
34%
30%
42%
26%
50%
38%
3 1%
18 %
5 1%
48%
25%
22%
SK
20%
3 1%
39%
27%
DK
CZ
25%
36%
18 %
3 1%
LV
16 %
37%
30%
34%
34%
MT
SI
13 %
16 %
16 %
39%
P
E
12 %
35%
37%
37%
F
30%
35%
40%
39%
HU
25%
16 %
42%
4 1%
PL
FIN
19 %
20%
25%
23%
26%
20%
40%
53%
52%
60%
80%
100%
Results show that 42% of the population of the 25 European countries indicate
the correct answer for this statement answering that it is “True” that at least one
million citizens of the EU can invite the European Commission to submit a
proposal.
Once again, we can note that respondents in the 15 EU member states (43%)
have a higher rate of correct answers than the 10 acceding countries (38%).
We must also take note of the significant levels of respondents who did not know
or who refused to answer, namely in the accession country average where this
rate reaches one third of the population (34%). We can therefore suppose that
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there is a certain lack of information concerning European issues and more
precisely about the future European Constitution in the acceding countries.
Results by country show us that Lithuania has the highest rate of correct
answers, with 60% of its population indicating that this statement is “True”.
Austria (55%), Cyprus (54%), Germany (54%) and Italy (53%) also have
high rates. In all of these countries, over half of respondents indicate the correct
answer.
Among the lowest rates of correct answers, we find Slovakia (22%), the Czech
Republic (25%) and Denmark (27%). While results in Slovakia and the Czech
Republic can be explained by the very high rates of non-responses (respectively
52% and 53%), The poor result in Denmark is due to a very high response rate
of incorrect answers, since 48% of Danish respondents answered that the
statement is “False”.
Other high rates of non-responses can be observed in Latvia and Malta, where
respectively 51% and 50% of the population does not know if this statement is
true or false.
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Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Among the different age categories, we can note that while in the EU members
states there seem to be no significant differences, the category of populations
aged 25 to 39 in the acceding countries has a far lower rate of correct answers
(32%) than the other categories. This rate is 6 percentage points below the
acceding countries average (38%).
Another remark can be made for the occupation category, where employees in
the acceding countries have a significantly lower rate of correct answers (33%)
than the other categories of occupation.
Q4. It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the
Convention on the future of Europe that…
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European
Commission to submit a proposal
% "True"
TOTA L (25)
TOTAL
EU (15)
A C (10)
42%
43%
38%
SEX
Male
Female
43%
43%
39%
42%
43%
36%
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
32%
4 5%
46%
42%
42%
44%
4 1%
42%
38%
42%
43%
40%
EDUCATION
15& 16-20
21&+
44%
4 5%
36%
43%
4 5%
38%
40%
40%
38%
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
Employee
Manual w orker
Currently not w orking
4 1%
42%
39%
40%
42%
33%
46%
4 7%
39%
43%
44%
40%
LOCALITY TYPE
Metropolitan
Other Tow n/ Urban
Rural
0%
42%
42%
3 7%
44%
4 5%
3 7%
4 1%
42%
39%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Will the president of the European Council be elected by direct
universal suffrage?
- Knowledge considerably lower in the acceding countries than in the member
states on whether the President of the European Council is elected or not by
direct universal suffrage Q 4 . It is pla nne d in t he dra f t o f t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n e la bo ra t e d by
t he C o nv e nt io n o n t he f ut ure o f E uro pe t ha t …
c ) t he P re s ide nt o f t he E uro pe a n C o unc il is e le c t e d by dire c t univ e rs a l
s uf f ra ge
False
True
[DK/NA ]
4 1%
TOTA L (25)
40%
44%
EU (15)
29%
A C (10)
18 %
40%
17 %
45%
26%
63%
FIN
27%
6 1%
S
57%
55%
DK
I
D
35%
PL
35%
P
35%
L
34%
SI
34%
EL
33%
E
33%
A
27%
SK
EE
27%
24%
LV
2 1%
20%
0%
19 %
36%
29%
46%
20%
42%
25%
53%
14 %
4 1%
26%
47%
26%
28%
45%
43%
33%
39%
37%
67%
10 %
52%
26%
43%
36%
33%
12 %
CY
10 %
47%
22%
CZ
16 %
56%
23%
LT
HU
2 1%
47%
23%
MT
27%
40%
37%
B
19 %
32%
39%
IRL
7%
15 %
40%
40%
UK
15 %
33%
42%
NL
11%
29%
38%
52%
F
10 %
29%
48%
69%
20%
40%
19 %
60%
80%
100%
Europeans in the 25 countries participating in this survey seem divided on
whether this statement is “True” or “False”. Indeed, the correct answer to the
statement whether or not the President of the European Council is elected by
direct universal suffrage is given by only 41% of the European public who claim
that this statement is “False”.
When observing results for the averages of the two sub-totals, we can note that
respondents in the current European Union have a significantly higher rate of
correct answers than those in the acceding countries, at respectively 44%
against 29%.
The rate of respondents who did not know or who refused to answer is also
somewhat higher in the acceding countries (26%), with a difference of 9
percentage points compared to the EU average (17%).
Country results show us that Finland has the highest rate of correct answers,
with 63% of respondents answering that the statement is “False”. This rate is 19
percentage points above the European Union average (44%). The two
Scandinavian neighbouring countries, Sweden and Denmark, follow with
respectively 61% and 57% of correct answers. Italy (55%) and France (52%)
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also have high correct answer rates, which represent a majority of their
populations.
The country with the lowest rate of correct answers is Cyprus, with a rate of only
12%. This result is mainly due to the high rate of incorrect answers, which
represents 69% of all respondents in that country.
The Czech Republic follows with 20% of correct answers. Here, the result is due
to a very high rate of non-responses, equalling 48% of respondents. This is also
the case in Slovakia (45%).
Among the EU countries, Austria seems to have the lowest rate of correct
answers, at 27%. This rate is 17 percentage points below the EU average (44%).
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Men have somewhat higher rates of correct answers than women for this
statement. This difference is however slightly more accentuated in the European
Union than in the acceding countries.
The age categories show us that the eldest populations aged 55 and over are
somewhat less aware of the correct answer than the younger populations. This is
the case in both sub-totals.
Results by education level show us that the rate of correct answers to this
statement increases with the rise in the level of education. This phenomenon can
be observed in both sub-totals.
Q4. It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the
Convention on the future of Europe that…
c) the P resident of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
% "FALSE"
TOTA L (25)
TOTAL
29%
EU (15)
A C (10)
4 1%
44%
SEX
Male
Female
44%
4 7%
3 1%
39%
4 1%
2 7%
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
29%
44%
48%
4 7%
49%
34%
42%
4 5%
3 1%
3 5%
38%
24%
EDUCATION
15& -
2 1%
16-20
36%
38%
28%
21&+
40%
43%
40%
50 %
51%
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
Employee
Manual w orker
Currently not w orking
43%
44%
36%
4 7%
49%
3 5%
4 1%
43%
28%
38%
4 1%
26%
LOCALITY TYPE
Metropolitan
Other Tow n/ Urban
Rural
0%
29%
44%
4 5%
43%
46%
30%
38%
40%
2 7%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Will a European army be created?
- The confusion seems particularly high Q 4 . It is pla nne d in t he dra f t o f t he f ut ure E uro pe a n C o ns t it ut io n e la bo ra t e d by
t he C o nv e nt io n o n t he f ut ure o f E uro pe t ha t …
d) a E uro pe a n a rm y is go ing t o be c re a t e d
False
True
TOTA L (25)
44%
EU (15)
44%
[DK/NA ]
43%
43%
A C (10)
13 %
45%
11%
34%
24%
56%
FIN
36%
53%
S
NL
5 1%
D
5 1%
UK
5 1%
PL
49%
IRL
48%
I
42%
F
4 1%
40%
35%
E
35%
EE
33%
P
33%
CZ
33%
25%
53%
27%
EL
26%
0%
8%
52%
10 %
47%
16 %
5 1%
14 %
4 1%
24%
37%
30%
43%
24%
27%
40%
56%
12 %
36%
39%
34%
66%
42%
2 1%
CY
11%
52%
33%
23%
LV
19 %
48%
3 1%
MT
4%
40%
32%
L
SK
9%
3 1%
37%
A
LT
17 %
42%
38%
DK
7%
14 %
33%
43%
B
15 %
36%
42%
SI
8%
34%
44%
HU
9%
39%
8%
35%
64%
20%
40%
15 %
60%
80%
100%
Here again, the European public seems divided as to whether a European army is
going to be created or not. Among the total of the 25 countries, 44% of
respondents give the correct answer, namely that this statement is “False”, but
equally, 43% are sure of the contrary.
The rates of correct answers between the two sub-totals are practically identical,
with 44% and 43%. However, we can note once again that the rate of
respondents who did not know or who refused to answer is twice as high in the
acceding countries (24%) compared to the European Union average (11%).
Results by country show us that, yet again, we find the two Nordic countries,
Finland and Sweden, at the top of the graph with the highest rates of correct
answers (respectively 56% and 53%) to the statement whether or not a
European army is going to be created. Finland’s result (56%) is 12 percentage
points above the European Union average (44%).
Results in the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom follow with
51% in each country.
Out of the 25 European countries participating in this survey, a majority of
respondents indicating the correct answers can only be found in these five
countries.
Among the acceding countries, Poland has the highest rate with 49% of correct
answers.
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Once again, respondents in Cyprus have the lowest rate of correct answers, at
21%. This rate is 22 percentage points below the acceding countries average.
Latvia follows with 23%.
Greece has the lowest rate of correct answers among the current European
Union member states, with 26%. This rate is 17 percentage points below the EU
average. Greece can also be distinguished for its rate of incorrect answers
(66%), which is the highest among all 25 countries.
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
A significant difference in results between the two sub-totals can be observed for
the category of genders: while in the EU countries women (49%) have a
significantly higher rate of correct answers than men (39%), it is quite the
opposite in the acceding countries where men (45%) have a somewhat higher
rate of correct answers than women (40%).
The age categories show us that in the EU countries, the youngest aged
populations (54%) are far more aware of the correct answer to this statement
than the eldest populations (39%). The rate of those aged 15 to 24 is 10
percentage points above the EU average.
This difference is not as accentuated in the acceding countries, where we can
note however, that the eldest populations have the lowest rate of correct answers
(35%).
Q4. It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the
Convention on the future of Europe that…
d) a European army is going to be created
% "FALSE"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
44%
44%
43%
TOTAL
SEX
40%
39%
4 5%
48%
49%
40%
Male
Female
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
52 %
54 %
4 5%
46%
46%
46%
44%
44%
46%
39%
39%
3 5%
EDUCATION
15& -
29%
16-20
21&+
38%
39%
4 7%
4 7%
44%
4 5%
4 5%
48%
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
Employee
Manual w orker
Currently not w orking
43%
42%
4 7%
48%
48%
48%
43%
43%
43%
42%
43%
39%
LOCALITY TYPE
Metropolitan
Other Tow n/ Urban
Rural
0%
44%
44%
4 7%
44%
4 5%
44%
43%
44%
39%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Cross-tabulating:
When crossing two questions, we will try to see whether there is a correlation
between the fact of declaring oneself well informed on questions relating to the
draft of the future European Constitution and the fact of having a detailed
knowledge on issues concerning this document, as seen above for the four
different statements.
Q4a: the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created
Total EU 25
Total ‘well informed’
Total ‘badly informed’
True*
63%
67%
62%
False
20%
20%
20%
DK/NA
17%
13%
18%
Q4b: at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European Commission to
submit a proposal
Total EU 25
Total ‘well informed’
Total ‘badly informed’
True*
42%
48%
41%
False
35%
34%
36%
DK/NA
23%
18%
23%
Q4c: the President of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
Total EU 25
Total ‘well informed’
Total ‘badly informed’
True
40%
47%
38%
False*
41%
39%
43%
DK/NA
18%
14%
19%
Q4d: a European army is going to be created
EU 25
Total EU 25
Total ‘well informed’
Total ‘badly informed’
True
43%
45%
43%
False*
44%
43%
45%
DK/NA
13%
11%
13%
*correct answers in bold characters
Results show us that there are only slight differences in the rates of correct
answers concerning the detailed knowledge on the European Constitution
between respondents who declare themselves being well informed about the draft
of future European Constitution and those who declare themselves badly informed
about it.
We can therefore suppose that citizens who believe they are well informed in
general about the future European Constitution, still lack detailed knowledge of
this important text.
Question 1: “Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather badly
informed or very badly informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European
Constitution?”
crossed with
Question 4a,b,c,d: “For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or
false…”
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Adherence to the adoption of a European Constitution
In this third chapter, we will analyse how the European public positions itself
towards issues concerning the future European Constitution.
3.1.
Should the European Union adopt a Constitution?
- A clear majority of European citizens believes the European Union must
adopt a Constitution Q 2 . a ) T he E uro pe a n Unio n m us t a do pt a C o ns t it ut io n
Rather agree
Rather disagree
TOTA L (25)
77%
EU (15)
78%
[DK/NA ]
15 %
73%
A C (10)
8%
15 %
7%
15 %
12 %
92%
I
7 % 1%
89%
EL
9%
2%
87%
5%
8%
SI
86%
5%
8%
L
86%
B
85%
HU
11%
85%
E
5%
7%
83%
D
3%
10 %
8%
14 %
3%
LT
8 1%
9%
10 %
P
8 1%
10 %
10 %
F
8 1%
IRL
80%
CY
14 %
80%
75%
NL
PL
68%
FIN
68%
LV
6 1%
EE
60%
DK
60%
UK
11%
20%
9%
12 %
23%
17 %
19 %
15 %
24%
10 %
30%
29%
11%
26%
5 1%
0%
18 %
20%
58%
S
5%
10 %
23%
66%
MT
9%
13 %
64%
CZ
11%
18 %
70%
A
8%
20%
72%
SK
6%
11%
16 %
30%
40%
60%
19 %
80%
100%
When asked whether or not respondents agree that the European Union must
adopt a Constitution, results show that respondents in both the current EU
member states (78%) and in the acceding countries (73%) are an
overwhelming majority to rather agree with this statement. Only 5 percentage
points separate the two sub-totals. However, we can also note that the rate of
non-responses is slightly higher in the acceding countries (12%) than in the EU
countries (7%).
Country results reveal that Italy has the highest rate of respondents supporting
the necessity of adopting a Constitution for the European Union, with 92%. This
rate is 14 percentage points above the European Union average (78%). The rate
in Greece follows with 89% of its population rather agreeing with this statement.
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Hungary has the highest rate of agreement among the acceding countries, at
87%, which is 14 percentage points above the acceding countries average (73%).
Slovenia follows with 86%.
The EU average hides nevertheless big discrepancies between current Member
States. At the bottom of the graph we find the United Kingdom (51%), Sweden
(58%) and Denmark (60%), which are often the more sceptical member states
towards the EU, as past events may have shown. The United Kingdom’s rate is 27
percentage points below the EU average. It is also interesting to note that the
rate of respondents in this country disagreeing with the adoption of a Constitution
represents a rate of 30%, meaning the double of that of the EU average (15%).
However low these rates may be, the results show, nevertheless, that a majority
of the population in these countries agrees that a Constitution must be adopted
for the European Union.
Estonia (60%) has the lowest rate of agreement among the acceding countries.
This result can be explained by the high rate of non-responses, reaching 30% in
this country.
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Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Q2. a) The European Union must adopt a Constitution
% "Rather agree"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
77%
78 %
73 %
TOTAL
SEX
79 %
80%
75%
76 %
76 %
72 %
Male
Female
AGE
78 %
79 %
76 %
78 %
79 %
73 %
78 %
79 %
73 %
76 %
76 %
73 %
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
EDUCATION
74 %
75%
15& -
66%
77%
77%
74 %
83%
83%
76 %
16-20
21&+
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
69%
78 %
80%
79 %
80%
75%
74 %
74 %
73 %
77%
78 %
73 %
Employee
Manual w orker
Currently not w orking
LOCALITY TYPE
79 %
80%
74 %
78 %
78 %
76 %
74 %
76 %
69%
Metropolitan
Other Tow n/ Urban
Rural
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
The only significant discrepancies can be observed among the education levels.
For both sub-totals, we can note that the rate of agreement with the necessity of
adopting a Constitution for the EU rises with the level of education. This rise is
significantly sharp in the acceding countries: while 66% of those with the lowest
level of education rather agree with this statement, those with the highest level of
education have a 76% rate of agreement.
In the categories of occupation we can note that while in the EU the selfemployed are, along with employees, the most to agree with the statement, the
self-employed in the acceding countries are the ones to agree the least (69%).
Finally, we can note that persons living in rural areas agree somewhat less with
this statement than those living in other locality types. This is particularly the
case in the acceding countries.
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Is a Constitution vital to the functioning of the EU institutions?
- A majority of the European public agrees that a Constitution is vital to the
functioning of the EU institutions Q 2 . b) Wit ho ut a C o ns t it ut io n, t he E uro pe a n Unio n m a y we ll e xpe rie nc e a blo c k
o f it s ins t it ut io ns
Rather agree
Rather disagree
[DK/NA ]
67%
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
20%
69%
6 1%
A C (10)
12 %
2 1%
11%
19 %
20%
84%
HU
CY
80%
I
79%
5%
74%
F
73%
LT
73%
B
72%
2 1%
D
7 1%
23%
EL
7 1%
IRL
7 1%
62%
S
6 1%
P
58%
PL
56%
EE
55%
CZ
55%
20%
8%
14 %
22%
13 %
20%
16 %
11%
27%
20%
18 %
25%
17 %
24%
12 %
19 %
33%
20%
25%
30%
17 %
25%
25%
2 1%
45%
0%
3%
13 %
24%
48%
SK
MT
6%
22%
5 1%
UK
7%
16 %
53%
DK
16 %
26%
65%
LV
9%
12 %
64%
E
15 %
18 %
65%
A
8%
11%
69%
NL
3%
18 %
SI
FIN
10 %
18 %
74%
L
11%
10 %
2 1%
40%
3 1%
34%
60%
80%
100%
A majority of Europeans in the 25 countries, namely 67%, agrees that without a
Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its institutions.
When comparing the two sub-totals, we can note that respondents in the EU
countries (69%) are somewhat more to agree with this statement than those in
the acceding countries (61%), with a difference of 8 percentage points.
Here again, we can see that the rate of non-responses is considerably higher in
the acceding countries than in the EU member states.
When observing the results by country, we can note that Hungary has the
highest rate of agreement. Indeed, 84% of the Hungarian population rather
agrees that a Constitution is vital for the functioning of the EU institutions. The
result in Cyprus follows, with 80%.
The highest rate among the EU member states is found in Italy, where 79% of
the population rather agrees with the statement.
The lowest rates of agreement can be found in Malta and in Slovakia, where
respectively only 45% and 48% of the population rather agree with the
statement. These are the only two countries among the 25 surveyed where a
majority of the population does not express its agreement with this statement.
The particularly high rate of non-responses in these countries is an explanation
for this.
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Among EU countries, the United Kingdom (51%) and Denmark (53%) have the
lowest rates of agreement. The United Kingdom’s result is 18 percentage points
below the EU average.
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Q2. b) Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its
institutions
% "Rather agree"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
67%
69%
61%
TOTAL
SEX
70%
71%
64%
65%
66%
59%
Male
Female
AGE
66%
66%
66%
68%
69%
63%
70%
72%
61%
66%
67%
56%
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
EDUCATION
15& -
52%
16-20
21&+
61%
62%
68%
70%
61%
73%
74%
67%
OCCUPATION
70%
70%
67%
71%
72%
66%
65%
66%
58%
65%
67%
59%
Self-employed
Employee
Manual worker
Currently not working
LOCALITY TYPE
69%
70%
64%
69%
70%
63%
64%
66%
57%
Metropolitan
Other Town/ Urban
Rural
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Among genders we can see that men tend to agree more than women with the
fact that, without a Constitution, the EU may well experience a block of its
institutions. This can be observed in both sub-totals.
The age categories show certain discrepancies between the results of the two
sub-totals: while in the EU countries, the youngest population has the lowest rate
of agreement, it is the contrary in the acceding countries, where those aged 15 to
24 (66%) have a rate of agreement 10 percentage points higher than populations
aged 55 and over (56%).
The category of education reveals, in both sub-totals, that the rate of
agreement rises with the level of education. In the acceding countries, 15
percentage points separate those having studied up to the age of 15 or less from
those having studied until the age of 21 and over.
Results for the locality type show us that populations living in rural areas agree
less with the statement than those living in other locality types. This is somewhat
more the case in the acceding countries than in the EU countries.
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Acceptance of concessions
- Citizens in the EU member states are more ready to see their country make
concessions than citizens in the acceding countries Q 2 . c ) O ur c o unt ry m us t be re a dy t o m a k e c o nc e s s io ns in o rde r no t t o pre v e nt
t he a do pt io n o f a ne w C o ns t it ut io n f o r t he E uro pe a n Unio n
Rather agree
Rather disagree
[DK/NA ]
13 %
32%
55%
A C (10)
9%
27%
64%
EU (15)
10 %
28%
62%
TOTA L (25)
I
7 1%
70%
D
66%
E
65%
63%
P
62%
10 %
13 %
17 %
6%
28%
15 %
20%
8%
27%
65%
F
NL
5%
24%
20%
70%
HU
6%
20%
73%
IRL
4%
20%
76%
L
B
5%
32%
15 %
23%
A
59%
3 1%
10 %
DK
59%
30%
11%
PL
56%
LT
54%
S
52%
EL
5 1%
FIN
LV
47%
46%
SI
20%
11%
4 1%
30%
23%
22%
3 1%
18 %
36%
13 %
46%
25%
36%
38%
0%
4%
16 %
35%
4 1%
EE
16 %
44%
49%
CZ
16 %
30%
33%
47%
MT
13 %
32%
49%
SK
10 %
34%
54%
UK
14 %
27%
59%
CY
40%
60%
80%
100%
The result for the total of the 25 European countries shows us that 62% of all
respondents rather agree with the statement that their country must be ready to
make concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new Constitution for
the EU.
However, when observing results of the two sub-totals, we can note that there is
a significant difference in results: in the EU member states 64% of the
population rather agrees with the statement. In the acceding countries, the
majority is somewhat weaker since only 55% of the population indicates that
their country is ready to make concessions.
Country results show us that Luxembourg has the highest rate of agreement
with 76% of its population rather agreeing with this statement. Belgium and
Italy follow, with respectively 73% and 71%.
Among the acceding countries, Hungary has by far the highest rate of
agreement with 70%. This rate is 15 percentage points higher than the acceding
countries average. Cyprus follows with a significantly lower rate (59%).
At the bottom of the graph we find Estonia, with a rate of 38% rather agreeing.
This rate is 17 percentage points below the acceding countries average. Slovenia
and the Czech Republic follow, with respectively 41% and 46%.
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Finland has the lowest rate of agreement among the EU countries, with 49% of
its population agreeing. Finland is the only EU member state to have less than
50% of its population rather agreeing that their country should be ready to make
concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of the Constitution.
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
The only major discrepancies can be observed among the age categories. In
both sub-totals, the youngest populations aged 15 to 24 have the highest rates of
agreement with the statement that their country is ready to make concessions.
The rate of agreement decreases with age. This is especially the case in the
acceding countries where there is a difference of 17 percentage points in the
rates of agreement between the youngest (67%) and the oldest populations
(50%).
The education category shows us that populations having studied up to the age
of 15 or less have lower agreement rates with the statement, and this in both
sub-totals.
Q2. c) Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent the
adoption of a new Constitution for the European Union
% "Rather agree"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
62%
64%
55%
TOTAL
SEX
63%
64%
55%
62%
63%
55%
Male
Female
AGE
6 7%
6 7%
6 7%
64%
66%
56 %
62%
64%
49%
58 %
60%
50 %
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
EDUCATION
15& -
50 %
59 %
6 1%
62%
64%
56 %
6 5%
6 7%
55%
16-20
21&+
OCCUPATION
Self-employed
52 %
62%
64%
6 5%
66%
53 %
6 1%
62%
53 %
6 1%
62%
56 %
Employee
Manual w orker
Currently not w orking
LOCALITY TYPE
Metropolitan
54 %
63%
64%
57%
60%
62%
53 %
Other Tow n/ Urban
Rural
0%
63%
64%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Is a “two-speed Europe” acceptable in the opinion of the public?
- EU citizens less keen than citizens in the acceding countries on seeing a two
speed Europe emerge Q 2 . e ) M e m be r S t a t e s t ha t wis h t o do s o , s ho uld ha v e t he po s s ibilit y o f
s t re ngt he ning t he ir m ut ua l c o o pe ra t io n wit ho ut ha v ing t o wa it f o r t he o t he r
M e m be r S t a t e s
Rather agree
Rather disagree
[DK/NA ]
32%
60%
TOTA L (25)
7%
19 %
68%
A C (10)
8%
35%
58%
EU (15)
14 %
79%
SI
11%
PL
72%
CY
7 1%
LV
65%
E
65%
L
64%
13 %
2 1%
7%
9%
20%
69%
HU
10 %
14 %
73%
LT
19 %
12 %
22%
12 %
13 %
22%
4%
32%
B
62%
EE
62%
13 %
SK
6 1%
15 %
EL
6 1%
IRL
60%
4%
34%
25%
24%
4%
36%
7%
33%
FIN
59%
33%
F
59%
35%
P
58%
30%
13 %
UK
57%
30%
13 %
D
57%
38%
I
56%
40%
S
56%
A
54%
DK
54%
0%
20%
5%
10 %
24%
8%
38%
6%
40%
3%
46%
4 1%
MT
5%
2 1%
5 1%
NL
6%
35%
55%
CZ
8%
33%
27%
40%
60%
80%
100%
When looking at the result for the 25 country average, we can note that 60% of
Europeans rather agree with the statement that Member States wishing to do so,
should have the possibility of strengthening their mutual cooperation without
having to wait for the other Member States. In other words, it seems that a
majority of the public accepts the fact of seeing a “two-speed Europe” emerge in
the future construction of Europe, as has been the case for the European
Monetary Union up until today.
Nevertheless, there seems to be a very significant difference of perception
between the EU member states and the acceding countries on this issue.
Indeed, while only 58% of respondents in the EU member states rather agree
with this statement, they are 68% to do so in the acceding countries. Among the
statements analysed up until now, this is the only one where the accession
country average has a higher agreement rate than the European Union average.
Results by country show us that Slovenia has the highest rate of agreement with
this statement, at 79%. This rate is 11 percentage points above the acceding
countries average. Lithuania follows with 73%.
Spain has the highest rate of agreement among the EU member states, with
65% of its population agreeing with the statement.
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On the opposite side of the graph, we can note that Malta has by far the lowest
rate of agreement with this issue, at 41%. This is the only country where a
minority of respondents show their agreement with this statement. Nevertheless,
the result is more probably due to a lack of information, as shows the rate of
non-responses (33%), than to a fierce disagreement with the statement.
The rate in the Netherlands follows with 51% of its population agreeing with the
possibility of Member States strengthening their mutual cooperation without
waiting for other Member States. In the case of the Netherlands, we can suppose
that this low result is due to the significant rate of disagreement (46%), which is
the highest among all 25 countries.
Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
When observing results by social and demographic variables, the main
discrepancies can be observed among the age categories. While results for the
EU member states remain practically identical, we can note that there is a
decrease in agreement with the age of respondents in the acceding countries. As
the results show, there is a difference in the rate of agreement of 8 percentage
points between those aged 15 to 24 (72%) and those aged 55 and over (64%).
In the education category we can note a disparity between the two sub-totals
as well. Once again, while the rates among the different age categories remain
almost identical in the EU member states, we can observe in the acceding
countries a rise in the agreement rate depending on the level of education.
Q2. e) M ember States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of strengthening
their mutual cooperation without having to wait for the other M ember States
% "Rather agree"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
60%
58 %
68%
TOTA L
SEX
62%
60%
69%
M ale
58 %
56 %
Female
68%
A GE
15-24
59 %
56 %
25-39
59 %
57%
72 %
69%
6 1%
59 %
69%
59 %
59 %
64%
40-54
55&+
EDUCA TION
58 %
58 %
63%
60%
58 %
69%
60%
59 %
70 %
15& 16-20
21&+
OCCUP A TION
63%
62%
69%
58 %
57%
6 7%
62%
60%
70 %
59 %
57%
68%
Self-emplo yed
Emplo yee
M anual wo rker
Currently no t wo rking
LOCA LITY TYP E
59 %
59 %
63%
59 %
57%
70 %
60%
58 %
6 7%
M etro po litan
Other To wn/ Urban
Rural
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Adherence to the creation of an EU Foreign Affairs Minister
- Stronger support in the EU member states than in the acceding countries for
the creation of an EU Foreign Affairs Minister Q 2 . d) T he po s it io n o f a M inis t e r o f F o re ign A f f a irs o f t he E uro pe a n Unio n
m us t be c re a t e d
Rather agree
Rather disagree
[DK/NA ]
7 1%
TOTA L (25)
2 1%
72%
EU (15)
66%
A C (10)
8%
2 1%
7%
18 %
EL
85%
SI
84%
17 %
14 %
7%
83%
I
14 %
80%
IRL
CY
80%
72%
B
72%
P
72%
A
67%
67%
22%
25%
LV
25%
26%
29%
49%
EE
48%
28%
3 1%
2 1%
28%
39%
20%
47%
CZ
7%
13 %
11%
11%
5 1%
S
7%
2 1%
25%
6 1%
SK
4%
17 %
13 %
58%
MT
4%
12 %
15 %
62%
UK
5%
10 %
17 %
64%
NL
12 %
18 %
68%
HU
4%
13 %
7 1%
D
LT
9%
17 %
74%
F
PL
7%
10 %
75%
E
3%
13 %
79%
L
1%
10 %
12 %
32%
26%
26%
DK
44%
47%
9%
FIN
44%
47%
9%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
The result for the total average of all 25 countries indicates that 71% of the
public rather agrees with the statement that the position of a Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the European Union must be created.
Results for both sub-totals reveal, however, that respondents in the EU member
states (72%) show somewhat more agreement with this statement than those in
the acceding countries (66%), with a difference of 6 percentage points.
We can also note that the non-response rate is somewhat higher in the acceding
countries (17%) than in the EU member states (7%).
Country results show us that that Greece has the highest rate of agreement,
with 85% of Greek respondents indicating that they rather agree with the
creation of the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union.
Greece is followed by Slovenia and Italy, with respectively 84% and 83%.
The lowest rates of agreement with this statement can be observed in Finland
and in Denmark, where only 44% of the population agrees with the necessity of
creating such a position. In fact, in these two countries, the rate of disagreement
represents a relative majority, with 47% of respondents. This disagreement rate
is 26 percentage points above the EU average.
Among the acceding countries, the lowest rates of agreement are found in the
Czech Republic and Estonia, with respectively 47% and 48%.
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Breakdown by socio-demographic categories
Q2. d) The position of a M inister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be
created
% "Rather agree"
TOTA L (25)
EU (15)
A C (10)
71%
72 %
66%
TOTA L
SEX
70 %
72 %
64%
71%
72 %
6 7%
M ale
Female
A GE
73 %
73 %
74 %
72 %
74 %
66%
70 %
71%
6 5%
69%
70 %
6 1%
15-24
25-39
40-54
55&+
EDUCA TION
15& -
6 1%
71%
72 %
71%
72 %
6 7%
70 %
71%
6 5%
16-20
21&+
OCCUP A TION
75%
78 %
64%
70 %
71%
63%
69%
69%
68%
71%
72 %
6 7%
Self-emplo yed
Emplo yee
M anual wo rker
Currently no t wo rking
LOCA LITY TYP E
71%
72 %
64%
72 %
74 %
6 5%
69%
70 %
66%
M etro po litan
Other To wn/ Urban
Rural
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
The results by social and demographic variables show only few discrepancies.
Among the age categories we can note that in the acceding countries,
populations aged 15 to 24 have a much higher agreement rate (74%) than older
populations, especially those aged 55 years and over (61%). 13 percentage
points separate these two categories. In the EU member states, on the other
hand, results between these categories are almost identical.
Among the occupation categories, we can note that the self-employed (78%)
have the highest rate of agreement in the EU member states and the manual
workers the lowest rate (69%). In the acceding countries however, manual
workers (68%) have the highest rate of agreement while employees and selfemployed have the lowest rates (63% and 64%).
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Cross tabulating:
When crossing two questions, we can note that a majority (72%) of those who
rather agree with the position of an EU Foreign Minister also know that the
creation of a such a position is planned in the future European Constitution.
Those who disagree with the creation of this position are nevertheless a relative
majority (46%) to be aware that this position is going to be created if the future
European Constitution is adopted.
However this is not the case in the acceding countries: the rate of those
respondents who disagree with this statement and who know that the position of
the EU foreign affairs minister will be created (36%) is practically identical to
those same respondents who do not know that this position will be created
(37%).
In other words, one can say that the more one agrees with the creation of the
position of an EU Foreign Minister, the more one is aware of its creation. Both
dimensions, agreement on the one hand and knowledge on the other hand are
thus linked.
Question 2d: “For the following statement, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree: The
position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be created.”
crossed with
Question 4a: “For the following statement, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false: It is planned in
the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created.”
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CONCLUSION
Results show that a large majority of the European public still feels badly
informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European Constitution.
More interestingly, citizens in the EU member states are somewhat more
numerous to express this lack of information than those in the acceding
countries.
Concerning the most favoured means of being informed about the future
European Constitution, citizens in both the EU member states and in the acceding
countries largely prefer national television channels or radio stations as well as
the national written press. Organised meetings in towns are on the contrary, the
least preferred source of information, suggesting that citizens favour a passive
reasoning, and are less willing to actively participate in order to get informed.
Although a majority of citizens is aware that the position of a Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the EU will be created, it seems that for all other tested dimensions,
citizens in the 25 countries still lack of awareness as to the detailed contents of
the draft. This is namely the case in the acceding countries, where less than a
fourth of citizens know that the President of the European Council will not be
elected by direct universal suffrage.
Finally, we have analysed the level of the European citizens’ agreement with
issues concerning the future European Constitution. Results show that a majority
of the public supports the idea of a Constitution for the EU: a clear majority of
citizens throughout all 25 countries are of the opinion that the European Union
must adopt a Constitution and that it is necessary for the well-functioning of its
institutions.
Moreover, citizens also indicate that their country must be prepared to make
concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new EU Constitution,
showing clearly that the public wishes to see a final agreement reached on the
draft text of the future Constitution and a successful outcome to the
constitutional process.
The fact that 60% of Europeans in the 25 countries are not opposed to a twospeed Europe, where certain countries have the possibility of moving forward in
the European integration process without waiting for others is equally interesting.
Finally, a strong majority of citizens also supports the creation of the position of
an EU Foreign Affairs Minister, thus accepting the idea of having a common
foreign policy for the European Union. This is another sign that Europeans are
willing to engage into further European integration by accepting a more political
union.
ANNEXES
Q1. Estimez-vous être très bien informé, plutôt bien informé, plutôt mal informé ou très mal informé sur les
questions liées au projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne ?
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather badly informed or very badly
informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European Constitution?
Plutôt
Plutôt mal
Très bien
bien
informé /
informé / informé /
Total
Rather
Very well
Rather
badly
informed
well
informed
informed
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Très mal
Bien
Mal
informé / [NSP/SR] informé / informé /
Very badly / [DK/NA]
Well
Badly
informed
informed informed
25073
15018
10055
4%
4%
3%
22%
21%
28%
46%
46%
45%
26%
27%
19%
3%
3%
5%
25%
24%
31%
71%
73%
64%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
2%
6%
4%
3%
2%
3%
4%
1%
4%
1%
3%
2%
1%
1%
9%
25%
24%
23%
19%
18%
23%
24%
23%
31%
23%
31%
15%
12%
19%
16%
41%
43%
54%
40%
39%
42%
41%
55%
45%
46%
50%
43%
50%
46%
39%
26%
24%
18%
37%
36%
29%
30%
21%
19%
28%
15%
37%
37%
33%
32%
5%
2%
3%
1%
5%
3%
1%
0%
1%
3%
1%
4%
1%
2%
5%
27%
31%
26%
22%
20%
26%
28%
24%
35%
24%
34%
17%
13%
19%
24%
68%
67%
72%
77%
74%
71%
71%
76%
64%
73%
65%
80%
87%
79%
71%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
3%
3%
1%
4%
2%
3%
4%
4%
2%
2%
40%
23%
22%
30%
21%
29%
33%
29%
21%
45%
29%
46%
47%
46%
35%
39%
41%
47%
43%
39%
26%
24%
27%
18%
40%
27%
15%
15%
27%
12%
2%
4%
3%
2%
3%
2%
7%
7%
6%
1%
43%
26%
23%
34%
23%
33%
37%
32%
23%
48%
55%
70%
74%
64%
74%
66%
56%
61%
70%
51%
-1-
Q1. Estimez-vous être très bien informé, plutôt bien informé, plutôt mal informé ou très mal informé sur les
questions liées au projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne ?
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather badly informed or very badly
informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European Constitution?
Total
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt
Plutôt mal Très mal
Très bien
bien
Bien
Mal
informé / informé / [NSP/SR]
informé / informé /
informé / informé /
Rather
Very
/
Very well
Rather
Well
Badly
badly
badly
[DK/NA]
informed
informed informed
well
informed informed
informed
25073
4%
22%
46%
26%
3%
25%
71%
11981
13092
4%
3%
25%
20%
45%
46%
24%
27%
3%
4%
29%
23%
69%
74%
3948
6666
6487
7948
4%
3%
2%
5%
21%
18%
20%
27%
47%
50%
48%
41%
25%
27%
27%
23%
2%
3%
2%
5%
25%
21%
22%
32%
73%
77%
75%
64%
4920
12689
6721
4%
3%
3%
22%
22%
22%
43%
47%
48%
27%
25%
25%
5%
3%
2%
25%
25%
26%
70%
72%
72%
2123
7388
3404
12069
4%
2%
3%
4%
21%
20%
19%
24%
47%
50%
46%
43%
26%
26%
29%
25%
2%
3%
3%
4%
25%
22%
22%
28%
73%
75%
75%
68%
5738
10947
8388
4%
4%
3%
20%
23%
22%
46%
47%
45%
28%
24%
26%
3%
3%
4%
24%
27%
25%
73%
70%
71%
-2-
Q1. Estimez-vous être très bien informé, plutôt bien informé, plutôt mal informé ou très mal informé sur les
questions liées au projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne ?
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather badly informed or very badly
informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European Constitution?
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt
Plutôt mal Très mal
Très bien
bien
Bien
Mal
informé / informé / [NSP/SR]
informé / informé /
informé / informé /
Rather
Very
/
Very well
Rather
Well
Badly
badly
badly
[DK/NA]
informed
informed informed
well
informed informed
informed
15018
4%
21%
46%
27%
3%
24%
73%
7213
7805
4%
3%
24%
18%
46%
47%
25%
29%
2%
4%
28%
21%
70%
75%
2156
4114
3855
4875
4%
3%
2%
5%
19%
16%
19%
27%
47%
50%
48%
41%
28%
29%
29%
23%
3%
2%
2%
4%
23%
19%
22%
31%
75%
79%
77%
65%
3118
6734
4806
4%
3%
3%
21%
21%
21%
43%
47%
48%
28%
26%
26%
4%
3%
2%
25%
24%
24%
71%
73%
74%
1434
4641
2043
6848
5%
2%
3%
4%
19%
19%
18%
23%
47%
50%
46%
43%
28%
27%
30%
26%
1%
3%
3%
3%
24%
21%
22%
28%
75%
77%
76%
69%
3971
5936
5111
4%
4%
3%
20%
21%
21%
46%
47%
45%
28%
26%
27%
3%
3%
3%
23%
25%
25%
74%
72%
72%
-3-
Q1. Estimez-vous être très bien informé, plutôt bien informé, plutôt mal informé ou très mal informé sur les
questions liées au projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne ?
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed, rather badly informed or very badly
informed on questions relating to the draft of the future European Constitution?
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt
Plutôt mal Très mal
Très bien
bien
Bien
Mal
informé / informé / [NSP/SR]
informé / informé /
informé / informé /
Rather
Very
/
Very well
Rather
Well
Badly
badly
badly
[DK/NA]
informed
informed informed
well
informed informed
informed
10055
3%
28%
45%
19%
5%
31%
64%
4768
5287
4%
3%
30%
27%
44%
46%
19%
19%
4%
6%
33%
29%
62%
65%
1792
2552
2632
3073
3%
3%
2%
5%
30%
28%
25%
29%
48%
45%
50%
38%
17%
20%
18%
20%
2%
4%
4%
9%
33%
31%
27%
34%
65%
66%
68%
58%
1802
5955
1915
3%
3%
4%
27%
27%
34%
38%
47%
44%
22%
19%
15%
10%
4%
3%
29%
30%
38%
61%
66%
59%
689
2747
1361
5221
3%
3%
2%
4%
28%
30%
22%
29%
48%
47%
47%
43%
18%
18%
24%
19%
4%
2%
6%
6%
31%
33%
24%
32%
65%
65%
71%
62%
1767
5011
3277
3%
3%
4%
25%
31%
26%
44%
45%
44%
24%
16%
21%
5%
5%
6%
28%
34%
29%
67%
62%
65%
-4-
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
a)
L’Union européenne doit adopter une Constitution
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
a) The European Union must adopt a Constitution
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
15018
10055
77%
78%
73%
15%
15%
15%
8%
7%
12%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
85%
60%
83%
89%
85%
81%
80%
92%
86%
75%
68%
81%
68%
58%
51%
10%
29%
14%
9%
7%
14%
11%
7%
11%
20%
23%
10%
20%
26%
30%
5%
11%
3%
2%
8%
6%
8%
1%
3%
5%
9%
10%
12%
16%
19%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
80%
64%
60%
87%
66%
81%
61%
72%
70%
86%
11%
17%
10%
5%
11%
9%
15%
18%
13%
5%
9%
19%
30%
8%
23%
10%
24%
10%
18%
8%
-5-
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
a)
L’Union européenne doit adopter une Constitution
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
a) The European Union must adopt a Constitution
Total
UE 25
25073
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
11981
Femmes / Women
13092
AGE
15-24
3948
25-39
6666
40-54
6487
55 & +
7948
EDUCATION
15 & 4920
16-20
12689
21 & +
6721
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
2123
Employé / Employee
7388
Ouvrier / Manual worker
3404
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
12069
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
5738
Villes / Towns
10947
Zones rurales / Rural zones
8388
-6-
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
77%
15%
8%
79%
76%
15%
14%
6%
10%
78%
78%
78%
76%
15%
15%
15%
15%
7%
7%
7%
10%
74%
77%
83%
16%
15%
13%
11%
8%
5%
78%
79%
74%
77%
15%
15%
17%
14%
6%
6%
9%
9%
79%
78%
74%
14%
14%
16%
6%
8%
9%
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
a)
L’Union européenne doit adopter une Constitution
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
a) The European Union must adopt a Constitution
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
15018
78%
15%
7%
7213
7805
80%
76%
15%
14%
5%
9%
2156
4114
3855
4875
79%
79%
79%
76%
15%
15%
15%
15%
6%
7%
6%
9%
3118
6734
4806
75%
77%
83%
16%
16%
13%
10%
7%
4%
1434
4641
2043
6848
80%
80%
74%
78%
15%
15%
18%
14%
5%
5%
8%
8%
3971
5936
5111
80%
78%
76%
14%
14%
16%
6%
7%
9%
-7-
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
a)
L’Union européenne doit adopter une Constitution
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
a) The European Union must adopt a Constitution
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
10055
73%
15%
12%
4768
5287
75%
72%
16%
13%
9%
15%
1792
2552
2632
3073
76%
73%
73%
73%
16%
17%
15%
12%
9%
11%
12%
16%
1802
5955
1915
66%
74%
76%
14%
15%
15%
20%
11%
8%
689
2747
1361
5221
69%
75%
73%
73%
19%
15%
14%
14%
12%
10%
13%
13%
1767
5011
3277
74%
76%
69%
13%
13%
17%
13%
11%
14%
-8-
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
b) Sans Constitution, l’Union européenne risque de connaître un un blocage de ses Institutions
b)
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its institutions
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
15018
10055
67%
69%
61%
20%
21%
19%
12%
11%
20%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
72%
53%
71%
71%
64%
73%
71%
79%
74%
69%
65%
58%
65%
61%
51%
21%
30%
23%
26%
20%
18%
16%
18%
18%
24%
22%
25%
22%
20%
25%
7%
17%
6%
3%
16%
9%
13%
3%
8%
8%
13%
17%
14%
18%
25%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
80%
55%
55%
84%
62%
73%
45%
56%
48%
74%
10%
20%
12%
5%
11%
12%
21%
24%
21%
11%
10%
25%
33%
11%
27%
16%
34%
19%
31%
15%
-9-
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
b) Sans Constitution, l’Union européenne risque de connaître un un blocage de ses Institutions
b)
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its institutions
Total
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
67%
20%
12%
11981
13092
70%
65%
21%
20%
9%
15%
3948
6666
6487
7948
66%
68%
70%
66%
25%
21%
19%
19%
9%
11%
11%
16%
4920
12689
6721
61%
68%
73%
22%
21%
18%
17%
12%
8%
2123
7388
3404
12069
70%
71%
65%
65%
21%
19%
23%
20%
9%
10%
12%
14%
5738
10947
8388
69%
69%
64%
21%
19%
21%
10%
12%
15%
- 10 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
b) Sans Constitution, l’Union européenne risque de connaître un un blocage de ses Institutions
b)
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its institutions
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
15018
69%
21%
11%
7213
7805
71%
66%
20%
21%
8%
13%
2156
4114
3855
4875
66%
69%
72%
67%
27%
21%
19%
19%
7%
10%
10%
14%
3118
6734
4806
62%
70%
74%
23%
21%
18%
15%
10%
8%
1434
4641
2043
6848
70%
72%
66%
67%
21%
19%
24%
21%
8%
9%
10%
13%
3971
5936
5111
70%
70%
66%
21%
19%
21%
9%
11%
13%
- 11 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
b) Sans Constitution, l’Union européenne risque de connaître un un blocage de ses Institutions
b)
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a block of its institutions
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
10055
61%
19%
20%
4768
5287
64%
59%
22%
17%
15%
25%
1792
2552
2632
3073
66%
63%
61%
56%
20%
19%
19%
19%
14%
18%
20%
25%
1802
5955
1915
52%
61%
67%
18%
20%
18%
30%
19%
15%
689
2747
1361
5221
67%
66%
58%
59%
21%
18%
20%
19%
12%
16%
23%
22%
1767
5011
3277
64%
63%
57%
19%
17%
22%
18%
20%
21%
- 12 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
c) Notre pays doit être prêt à faire des concessions pour ne pas empêcher l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution
pour l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
c) Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new Constitution for
the European Union
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
15018
10055
62%
64%
55%
28%
27%
32%
10%
9%
13%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
73%
59%
66%
51%
65%
65%
70%
71%
76%
63%
59%
62%
49%
54%
52%
20%
30%
28%
44%
20%
27%
20%
24%
20%
32%
31%
23%
41%
30%
33%
6%
11%
6%
4%
15%
8%
10%
5%
4%
5%
10%
15%
11%
16%
16%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
59%
46%
38%
70%
47%
54%
47%
56%
49%
41%
27%
36%
36%
17%
31%
32%
23%
34%
35%
46%
14%
18%
25%
13%
22%
13%
30%
10%
16%
13%
- 13 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
c) Notre pays doit être prêt à faire des concessions pour ne pas empêcher l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution
pour l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
c) Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new Constitution for
the European Union
Total
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
62%
28%
10%
11981
13092
63%
62%
31%
26%
7%
13%
3948
6666
6487
7948
67%
64%
62%
58%
27%
28%
28%
29%
6%
8%
10%
13%
4920
12689
6721
59%
62%
65%
27%
29%
28%
14%
9%
7%
2123
7388
3404
12069
62%
65%
61%
61%
31%
28%
31%
27%
7%
8%
8%
12%
5738
10947
8388
63%
63%
60%
28%
28%
29%
9%
10%
11%
- 14 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
c) Notre pays doit être prêt à faire des concessions pour ne pas empêcher l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution
pour l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
c) Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new Constitution for
the European Union
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
15018
64%
27%
9%
7213
7805
64%
63%
30%
25%
6%
12%
2156
4114
3855
4875
67%
66%
64%
60%
27%
27%
27%
28%
6%
7%
9%
12%
3118
6734
4806
61%
64%
67%
27%
28%
27%
13%
8%
7%
1434
4641
2043
6848
64%
66%
62%
62%
29%
27%
30%
27%
7%
7%
8%
11%
3971
5936
5111
64%
64%
62%
27%
27%
28%
9%
9%
10%
- 15 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
c) Notre pays doit être prêt à faire des concessions pour ne pas empêcher l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution
pour l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
c) Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent the adoption of a new Constitution for
the European Union
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
10055
55%
32%
13%
4768
5287
55%
55%
35%
30%
10%
16%
1792
2552
2632
3073
67%
56%
49%
50%
26%
32%
37%
33%
7%
11%
14%
17%
1802
5955
1915
50%
56%
55%
31%
32%
34%
19%
12%
11%
689
2747
1361
5221
52%
53%
53%
56%
42%
33%
35%
29%
6%
13%
13%
14%
1767
5011
3277
54%
57%
53%
33%
30%
34%
13%
13%
13%
- 16 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
d) Il faut créer un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
d) The position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be created
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
15018
10055
71%
72%
66%
21%
21%
18%
8%
7%
17%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
72%
44%
71%
85%
75%
74%
80%
83%
79%
64%
67%
72%
44%
49%
62%
25%
47%
25%
14%
13%
22%
13%
14%
17%
29%
26%
17%
47%
39%
25%
4%
9%
4%
1%
12%
5%
7%
3%
4%
7%
7%
12%
9%
12%
13%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
80%
47%
48%
67%
61%
68%
58%
72%
51%
84%
10%
26%
20%
13%
11%
15%
11%
18%
21%
7%
9%
26%
32%
21%
28%
17%
31%
10%
28%
10%
- 17 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
d) Il faut créer un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
d) The position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be created
Total
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
71%
21%
8%
11981
13092
70%
71%
24%
18%
6%
10%
3948
6666
6487
7948
73%
72%
70%
69%
21%
21%
22%
20%
6%
7%
8%
11%
4920
12689
6721
71%
71%
70%
18%
21%
23%
11%
8%
7%
2123
7388
3404
12069
75%
70%
69%
71%
19%
23%
25%
19%
6%
7%
7%
10%
5738
10947
8388
71%
72%
69%
22%
19%
22%
7%
9%
9%
- 18 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
d) Il faut créer un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
d) The position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be created
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
15018
72%
21%
7%
7213
7805
72%
72%
24%
19%
5%
9%
2156
4114
3855
4875
73%
74%
71%
70%
22%
21%
22%
21%
5%
5%
6%
9%
3118
6734
4806
72%
72%
71%
18%
22%
24%
9%
6%
5%
1434
4641
2043
6848
78%
71%
69%
72%
18%
23%
26%
20%
5%
6%
5%
8%
3971
5936
5111
72%
74%
70%
23%
20%
23%
6%
7%
8%
- 19 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
d) Il faut créer un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
d) The position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union must be created
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
10055
66%
18%
17%
4768
5287
64%
67%
22%
14%
14%
19%
1792
2552
2632
3073
74%
66%
65%
61%
15%
20%
20%
17%
12%
15%
16%
22%
1802
5955
1915
61%
67%
65%
15%
18%
20%
24%
15%
15%
689
2747
1361
5221
64%
63%
68%
67%
22%
21%
17%
16%
14%
16%
15%
17%
1767
5011
3277
64%
65%
66%
17%
18%
18%
19%
17%
16%
- 20 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
e) Les Etats membres qui le souhaitent devraient pouvoir renforcer leur coopération entre eux sans attendre les
autres Etats membres
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
e) Member States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of strengthening their mutual cooperation without
having to wait for the other Member States
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
15018
10055
60%
58%
68%
32%
35%
19%
8%
7%
14%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
62%
54%
57%
61%
65%
59%
60%
56%
64%
51%
54%
58%
59%
56%
57%
34%
40%
38%
36%
22%
35%
33%
40%
32%
46%
38%
30%
33%
35%
30%
4%
6%
5%
4%
13%
6%
7%
5%
4%
3%
8%
13%
8%
10%
13%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
71%
55%
62%
69%
65%
73%
41%
72%
61%
79%
20%
21%
13%
12%
12%
14%
27%
21%
15%
11%
9%
24%
25%
19%
22%
13%
33%
7%
24%
10%
- 21 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
e) Les Etats membres qui le souhaitent devraient pouvoir renforcer leur coopération entre eux sans attendre les
autres Etats membres
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
e) Member States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of strengthening their mutual cooperation without
having to wait for the other Member States
Total
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
25073
60%
32%
8%
11981
13092
62%
58%
32%
32%
6%
10%
3948
6666
6487
7948
59%
59%
61%
59%
36%
35%
31%
29%
5%
6%
8%
12%
4920
12689
6721
58%
60%
60%
29%
33%
35%
12%
7%
5%
2123
7388
3404
12069
63%
58%
62%
59%
30%
36%
31%
31%
7%
6%
7%
10%
5738
10947
8388
59%
59%
60%
34%
33%
30%
7%
8%
10%
- 22 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
e) Les Etats membres qui le souhaitent devraient pouvoir renforcer leur coopération entre eux sans attendre les
autres Etats membres
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
e) Member States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of strengthening their mutual cooperation without
having to wait for the other Member States
Total
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
15018
58%
35%
7%
7213
7805
60%
56%
35%
35%
5%
9%
2156
4114
3855
4875
56%
57%
59%
59%
40%
38%
34%
31%
4%
5%
7%
11%
3118
6734
4806
58%
58%
59%
31%
37%
36%
11%
6%
5%
1434
4641
2043
6848
62%
57%
60%
57%
32%
38%
34%
34%
6%
5%
6%
9%
3971
5936
5111
59%
57%
58%
35%
36%
34%
7%
7%
8%
- 23 -
Q2. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
e) Les Etats membres qui le souhaitent devraient pouvoir renforcer leur coopération entre eux sans attendre les
autres Etats membres
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather disagree…
e) Member States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of strengthening their mutual cooperation without
having to wait for the other Member States
Total
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Plutôt Plutôt pas
[NSP/SR]
d'accord / d'accord /
/
Rather
Rather
[DK/NA]
agree
disagree
10055
68%
19%
14%
4768
5287
69%
68%
21%
17%
11%
16%
1792
2552
2632
3073
72%
69%
69%
64%
20%
20%
18%
17%
9%
11%
13%
20%
1802
5955
1915
63%
69%
70%
16%
19%
21%
21%
13%
9%
689
2747
1361
5221
69%
67%
70%
68%
22%
19%
18%
18%
10%
13%
13%
15%
1767
5011
3277
63%
70%
67%
24%
18%
17%
13%
12%
16%
- 24 -
Q3. Vous personnellement, par quels moyens souhaiteriez-vous être informé le plus sur la future Constitution
européenne ?
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most about the future European
Constitution?
Total
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
Par la
Par la
Par les
presse
presse
télé. ou
écrite
écrite
les radios
rég. ou
nat. /
nat. /
locale /
through
through
through
the
nat. tele.
the reg.
national
channels
or local
written
or radio
written
press
stations
press
Par les
télé. ou
les radios
rég. ou
locales /
through
reg. or
local tele.
channels
or radio
stations
Par une
[NE
rencontre
SOUHAITE
org. dans Par des doc.
Par
PAS
votre
ou brochures Internet RECEVOIR [AUTRE –
[NSP/SR]
ville /
D’INFO.] / PRECISER]
d’info. /
/
/
through through info. through [DOES NOT / [OTHER
[DK/NA]
an org.
doc. or
the
WISH TO - SPECIFY]
meeting
brochures Internet RECEIVE
in your
ANY
town
INFO.]
25073
15018
10055
43%
44%
41%
28%
30%
20%
65%
65%
64%
29%
31%
16%
13%
12%
17%
28%
28%
25%
23%
23%
20%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED
KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
45%
50%
34%
41%
28%
32%
56%
67%
56%
44%
44%
34%
49%
34%
19%
14%
51%
17%
15%
30%
32%
21%
12%
24%
25%
11%
26%
25%
63%
78%
56%
64%
52%
56%
76%
87%
60%
67%
54%
75%
70%
54%
31%
20%
39%
26%
19%
25%
26%
39%
14%
13%
28%
20%
13%
23%
11%
12%
10%
23%
7%
15%
21%
15%
15%
6%
4%
23%
8%
8%
37%
23%
26%
30%
23%
39%
46%
20%
46%
31%
14%
24%
19%
30%
31%
21%
34%
19%
8%
16%
23%
21%
25%
30%
18%
16%
20%
24%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
2%
0%
25%
0%
4%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
2%
0%
1%
0%
4%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
2%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
3%
0%
1%
1000
49%
31%
70%
47%
16%
32%
28%
1%
1%
2%
CYPRIUS
CZECH
REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
19%
13%
62%
44%
16%
25%
20%
1%
1%
1%
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
70%
48%
48%
50%
51%
37%
28%
60%
44%
26%
16%
27%
17%
31%
7%
18%
18%
13%
80%
60%
76%
70%
80%
63%
53%
72%
73%
16%
16%
15%
12%
17%
11%
16%
15%
22%
10%
6%
9%
5%
13%
12%
24%
12%
7%
33%
17%
20%
30%
28%
39%
22%
38%
19%
26%
30%
22%
18%
23%
20%
19%
18%
24%
4%
7%
1%
5%
2%
5%
1%
5%
5%
0%
1%
0%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
- 25 -
Q3. Vous personnellement, par quels moyens souhaiteriez-vous être informé le plus sur la future Constitution
européenne ?
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most about the future European
Constitution?
Total
UE 25
25073
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
11981
Femmes / Women
13092
AGE
15-24
3948
25-39
6666
40-54
6487
55 & +
7948
EDUCATION
15 & 4920
16-20
12689
21 & +
6721
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
2123
Employé / Employee
7388
Ouvrier / Manual
3404
worker
Ss act.prof. / Without
12069
prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
5738
Villes / Towns
10947
Zones rurales / Rural
8388
zones
Par la
Par la
presse
presse
écrite
écrite
rég. ou
nat. /
locale /
through
through
the
the reg.
national
or local
written
written
press
press
Par les
télé. ou
Par les
les
télé. ou
radios
les
rég. ou
radios
locales /
nat. /
through
through
reg. or
nat. tele.
local
channels
tele.
or radio
channels
stations
or radio
stations
Par une
rencontre
org. dans
votre ville
/ through
an org.
meeting
in your
town
[NE
Par des
SOUHAITE
doc. ou
Par
PAS
[AUTRE –
broch. Internet
RECEVOIR PRECISER [NSP/SR
d’info. /
/
D’INFO.] /
]/
]/
through through
[DOES NOT [OTHER - [DK/NA]
info.
the
WISH TO
SPECIFY]
doc. or Internet
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43%
28%
65%
29%
13%
28%
23%
1%
1%
1%
46%
41%
27%
29%
64%
66%
25%
32%
12%
14%
27%
29%
27%
19%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
38%
45%
46%
43%
20%
28%
31%
30%
63%
66%
65%
65%
26%
26%
28%
32%
15%
12%
13%
13%
27%
33%
29%
24%
44%
27%
22%
9%
1%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
2%
39%
42%
51%
27%
30%
26%
69%
65%
64%
39%
29%
20%
14%
13%
11%
21%
28%
34%
11%
26%
28%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
49%
48%
30%
31%
62%
67%
27%
24%
14%
11%
29%
33%
25%
30%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
41%
30%
66%
32%
12%
27%
22%
1%
1%
1%
40%
26%
65%
31%
15%
25%
18%
1%
1%
1%
43%
46%
26%
28%
62%
68%
24%
29%
10%
13%
32%
27%
25%
24%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
41%
30%
64%
31%
16%
25%
19%
1%
1%
1%
- 26 -
Q3. Vous personnellement, par quels moyens souhaiteriez-vous être informé le plus sur la future Constitution
européenne ?
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most about the future European
Constitution?
Total
EU 15
15018
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
7213
Femmes / Women
7805
AGE
15-24
2156
25-39
4114
40-54
3855
55 & +
4875
EDUCATION
15 & 3118
16-20
6734
21 & +
4806
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
1434
Employé / Employee
4641
Ouvrier / Manual
2043
worker
Ss act.prof. / Without
6848
prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
3971
Villes / Towns
5936
Zones rurales / Rural
5111
zones
Par la
Par la
presse
presse
écrite
écrite
rég. ou
nat. /
locale /
through
through
the
the reg.
national
or local
written
written
press
press
Par les
télé. ou
les
radios
nat. /
through
nat. tele.
channels
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stations
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les
radios
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locales /
through
reg. or
local
tele.
channels
or radio
stations
Par une
rencontre
org. dans
votre ville
/ through
an org.
meeting
in your
town
[NE
Par des
SOUHAITE
Par
doc. ou
PAS
Internet
broch.
RECEVOIR
/
d’info. /
D’INFO.] /
through
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through
the
info. doc.
WISH TO
Internet
or broch.
RECEIVE ANY
INFO.]
[AUTRE –
[NSP/SR]
PRECISER]
/
/ [OTHER [DK/NA]
SPECIFY]
44%
30%
65%
31%
12%
28%
23%
1%
1%
1%
47%
41%
28%
31%
64%
66%
27%
35%
12%
13%
28%
29%
27%
19%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
39%
45%
46%
43%
21%
29%
32%
31%
64%
66%
66%
64%
29%
29%
30%
35%
14%
11%
13%
13%
28%
34%
29%
24%
45%
28%
23%
10%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
2%
40%
43%
50%
28%
32%
27%
69%
65%
64%
41%
32%
21%
14%
12%
11%
21%
29%
34%
11%
27%
28%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
2%
0%
1%
50%
48%
31%
32%
62%
67%
30%
25%
13%
11%
30%
33%
26%
30%
1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
41%
31%
65%
35%
11%
28%
24%
1%
1%
1%
41%
27%
65%
34%
14%
25%
18%
1%
1%
1%
42%
47%
27%
30%
62%
69%
26%
32%
10%
12%
33%
28%
25%
24%
1%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
41%
32%
64%
35%
15%
25%
20%
1%
1%
1%
- 27 -
Q3. Vous personnellement, par quels moyens souhaiteriez-vous être informé le plus sur la future Constitution
européenne ?
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most about the future European
Constitution?
Total
AC 10
10055
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
4768
Femmes / Women
5287
AGE
15-24
1792
25-39
2552
40-54
2632
55 & +
3073
EDUCATION
15 & 1802
16-20
5955
21 & +
1915
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
689
Employé / Employee
2747
Ouvrier / Manual
1361
worker
Ss act.prof. / Without
5221
prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
1767
Villes / Towns
5011
Zones rurales / Rural
3277
zones
Par la
Par la
presse
presse
écrite
écrite
rég. ou
nat. /
locale /
through
through
the
the reg.
national
or local
written
written
press
press
Par les
télé. ou
Par les
les
télé. ou
Par une
radios
les
rég. ou rencontre org.
radios
locales / dans votre
nat. /
through
ville /
through
reg. or
through an
nat. tele.
org. meeting
local
channels
tele.
in your town
or radio
channels
stations
or radio
stations
[NE
Par des
SOUHAITE
doc. ou
Par
PAS
broch. Internet
RECEVOIR
d’info. /
/
D’INFO.] /
through through
[DOES NOT
info.
the
WISH TO
doc. or Internet
RECEIVE ANY
broch.
INFO.]
[AUTRE –
PRECISER
[NSP/SR]
]/
/ [DK/NA]
[OTHER SPECIFY]
41%
20%
64%
16%
17%
25%
20%
2%
0%
1%
42%
41%
19%
22%
64%
65%
15%
17%
16%
18%
23%
27%
23%
19%
2%
2%
1%
0%
1%
1%
37%
42%
45%
40%
13%
22%
25%
20%
57%
65%
63%
69%
15%
15%
17%
16%
21%
18%
17%
15%
24%
28%
26%
22%
44%
26%
15%
4%
1%
1%
1%
4%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
2%
34%
39%
53%
21%
21%
17%
69%
64%
64%
21%
16%
12%
14%
19%
12%
18%
26%
29%
9%
20%
30%
4%
2%
1%
0%
0%
1%
3%
1%
0%
45%
51%
22%
21%
62%
66%
16%
14%
20%
14%
23%
29%
18%
31%
1%
1%
0%
1%
1%
1%
43%
27%
69%
17%
16%
24%
10%
2%
0%
1%
37%
18%
63%
16%
18%
24%
19%
3%
1%
1%
52%
41%
13%
22%
67%
64%
12%
16%
8%
17%
28%
25%
28%
22%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
37%
22%
63%
17%
21%
24%
15%
3%
0%
1%
- 28 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
a) l’on crée un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
a) the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
15018
10055
63%
64%
59%
20%
21%
15%
17%
15%
27%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
60%
54%
70%
73%
56%
61%
73%
76%
72%
51%
64%
46%
59%
50%
57%
24%
28%
22%
18%
17%
23%
14%
19%
15%
26%
17%
22%
29%
27%
25%
16%
18%
8%
10%
28%
16%
13%
5%
13%
23%
19%
32%
12%
23%
18%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
73%
54%
49%
58%
48%
65%
53%
62%
45%
64%
8%
11%
17%
10%
8%
12%
9%
18%
14%
14%
19%
35%
35%
32%
44%
23%
38%
20%
41%
22%
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
- 29 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
a) l’on crée un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
a) the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
63%
20%
17%
11981
13092
66%
61%
21%
19%
13%
20%
3948
6666
6487
7948
67%
65%
61%
61%
21%
19%
21%
20%
13%
16%
18%
19%
4920
12689
6721
61%
65%
64%
21%
20%
20%
18%
16%
16%
2123
7388
3404
12069
65%
63%
61%
63%
19%
20%
24%
19%
17%
17%
15%
17%
5738
10947
8388
63%
64%
62%
20%
20%
20%
17%
16%
18%
- 30 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
a) l’on crée un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
a) the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
15018
64%
21%
15%
7213
7805
67%
61%
22%
20%
11%
18%
2156
4114
3855
4875
66%
67%
62%
62%
23%
19%
22%
21%
11%
14%
16%
17%
3118
6734
4806
62%
66%
65%
22%
21%
20%
17%
14%
15%
1434
4641
2043
6848
66%
65%
61%
64%
18%
20%
25%
21%
15%
15%
13%
15%
3971
5936
5111
64%
65%
63%
21%
21%
21%
16%
14%
16%
- 31 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
a) l’on crée un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
a) the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will be created
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
10055
59%
15%
27%
4768
5287
59%
59%
18%
11%
23%
30%
1792
2552
2632
3073
69%
59%
57%
53%
13%
14%
16%
15%
18%
27%
27%
32%
1802
5955
1915
53%
61%
56%
12%
15%
17%
35%
24%
28%
689
2747
1361
5221
57%
55%
58%
61%
20%
16%
16%
12%
23%
29%
25%
27%
1767
5011
3277
55%
58%
61%
15%
15%
14%
30%
27%
25%
- 32 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
b) au moins un million de citoyens de l’Union européenne peuvent inviter la Commission européenne à soumettre
une proposition
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European Commission to submit a proposal
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
15018
10055
42%
43%
38%
35%
36%
28%
23%
20%
34%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
44%
27%
54%
47%
34%
37%
45%
53%
39%
32%
55%
34%
41%
47%
39%
36%
48%
35%
37%
36%
41%
30%
35%
34%
42%
20%
32%
39%
37%
33%
20%
25%
12%
16%
30%
23%
25%
13%
27%
26%
25%
34%
19%
16%
28%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
54%
25%
46%
40%
31%
60%
32%
42%
22%
31%
16%
23%
16%
25%
18%
20%
18%
31%
26%
38%
30%
53%
37%
35%
51%
19%
50%
27%
52%
31%
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
- 33 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
b) au moins un million de citoyens de l’Union européenne peuvent inviter la Commission européenne à soumettre
une proposition
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European Commission to submit a proposal
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
42%
35%
23%
11981
13092
43%
42%
37%
33%
21%
25%
3948
6666
6487
7948
45%
42%
41%
42%
41%
36%
34%
32%
15%
22%
24%
26%
4920
12689
6721
44%
43%
40%
33%
35%
37%
23%
22%
23%
2123
7388
3404
12069
41%
40%
46%
43%
34%
37%
34%
34%
24%
23%
21%
23%
5738
10947
8388
42%
44%
41%
36%
35%
34%
22%
22%
25%
- 34 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
b) au moins un million de citoyens de l’Union européenne peuvent inviter la Commission européenne à soumettre
une proposition
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European Commission to submit a proposal
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
15018
43%
36%
20%
7213
7805
43%
43%
38%
35%
19%
22%
2156
4114
3855
4875
46%
44%
42%
43%
43%
37%
36%
34%
12%
19%
23%
24%
3118
6734
4806
45%
45%
40%
34%
37%
38%
21%
19%
22%
1434
4641
2043
6848
42%
42%
47%
44%
34%
38%
35%
36%
24%
21%
18%
20%
3971
5936
5111
42%
45%
42%
37%
36%
35%
20%
19%
23%
- 35 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
b) au moins un million de citoyens de l’Union européenne peuvent inviter la Commission européenne à soumettre
une proposition
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite the European Commission to submit a proposal
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
10055
38%
28%
34%
4768
5287
39%
36%
30%
25%
30%
38%
1792
2552
2632
3073
42%
32%
38%
40%
32%
31%
27%
23%
26%
37%
35%
38%
1802
5955
1915
36%
38%
38%
22%
29%
28%
42%
33%
34%
689
2747
1361
5221
39%
33%
39%
40%
34%
28%
24%
27%
27%
39%
37%
33%
1767
5011
3277
37%
37%
39%
27%
28%
28%
36%
35%
33%
- 36 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
c) le Président du Conseil européen est élu au suffrage universel direct
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
c) the President of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
15018
10055
40%
40%
45%
41%
44%
29%
18%
17%
26%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
47%
29%
56%
53%
41%
33%
40%
38%
46%
40%
47%
36%
27%
29%
32%
37%
57%
35%
33%
33%
52%
39%
55%
34%
42%
27%
35%
63%
61%
40%
16%
15%
10%
14%
26%
15%
21%
7%
20%
19%
26%
29%
10%
11%
27%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
69%
33%
43%
52%
43%
67%
39%
47%
28%
42%
12%
20%
24%
22%
21%
23%
23%
35%
27%
34%
19%
48%
33%
26%
36%
10%
37%
19%
45%
25%
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
- 37 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
c) le Président du Conseil européen est élu au suffrage universel direct
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
c) the President of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
40%
41%
18%
11981
13092
42%
40%
44%
39%
14%
22%
3948
6666
6487
7948
44%
35%
38%
45%
44%
47%
42%
35%
12%
18%
20%
19%
4920
12689
6721
45%
42%
34%
36%
40%
50%
20%
18%
16%
2123
7388
3404
12069
38%
35%
41%
44%
43%
47%
41%
38%
19%
18%
18%
18%
5738
10947
8388
40%
40%
42%
44%
43%
38%
17%
17%
21%
- 38 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
c) le Président du Conseil européen est élu au suffrage universel direct
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
c) the President of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
15018
40%
44%
17%
7213
7805
40%
39%
47%
41%
13%
20%
2156
4114
3855
4875
42%
35%
37%
45%
48%
49%
45%
38%
11%
16%
19%
18%
3118
6734
4806
44%
41%
34%
38%
43%
51%
18%
16%
15%
1434
4641
2043
6848
37%
34%
41%
43%
44%
49%
43%
41%
19%
16%
16%
17%
3971
5936
5111
39%
39%
41%
45%
46%
40%
16%
16%
19%
- 39 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
c) le Président du Conseil européen est élu au suffrage universel direct
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
c) the President of the European Council is elected by direct universal suffrage
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
10055
45%
29%
26%
4768
5287
47%
43%
31%
27%
22%
30%
1792
2552
2632
3073
54%
38%
42%
48%
29%
34%
31%
24%
17%
28%
28%
29%
1802
5955
1915
45%
47%
36%
21%
28%
40%
34%
25%
25%
689
2747
1361
5221
41%
36%
42%
50%
36%
35%
28%
26%
23%
29%
30%
24%
1767
5011
3277
41%
45%
47%
29%
30%
27%
30%
25%
26%
- 40 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
d) l’on crée une armée européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
d) a European army is going to be created
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
15018
10055
43%
45%
34%
44%
44%
43%
13%
11%
24%
BELGIQUE
DANMARK
DEUTSCHLAND
ELLAS
ESPANA
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALIA
LUXEMBOURG
NEDERLANDS
OSTERREICH
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
1002
1000
1003
1000
1004
1007
1000
1002
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
52%
52%
42%
66%
41%
48%
42%
53%
56%
34%
47%
43%
36%
39%
36%
40%
38%
51%
26%
35%
41%
48%
43%
32%
51%
37%
33%
56%
53%
51%
8%
10%
7%
8%
24%
11%
9%
4%
12%
15%
16%
24%
9%
8%
14%
CYPRIUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
HUNGARY
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MALTA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
1000
973
1006
1005
1000
1019
1000
1000
1052
1000
64%
27%
37%
31%
42%
51%
39%
33%
33%
40%
21%
33%
33%
44%
23%
35%
27%
49%
31%
42%
15%
40%
30%
25%
35%
14%
34%
17%
36%
19%
UE 25
EU 15
AC 10
- 41 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
d) l’on crée une armée européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
d) a European army is going to be created
UE 25
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
25073
43%
44%
13%
11981
13092
51%
35%
40%
48%
9%
17%
3948
6666
6487
7948
39%
42%
43%
46%
52%
46%
44%
39%
9%
12%
13%
16%
4920
12689
6721
47%
41%
44%
38%
47%
45%
15%
13%
11%
2123
7388
3404
12069
45%
40%
45%
44%
43%
48%
43%
42%
12%
12%
12%
14%
5738
10947
8388
43%
44%
42%
44%
44%
43%
13%
12%
15%
- 42 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
d) l’on crée une armée européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
d) a European army is going to be created
EU 15
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
15018
45%
44%
11%
7213
7805
54%
36%
39%
49%
7%
15%
2156
4114
3855
4875
39%
44%
45%
48%
54%
46%
44%
39%
7%
11%
12%
13%
3118
6734
4806
48%
43%
45%
39%
47%
45%
13%
10%
10%
1434
4641
2043
6848
47%
42%
47%
45%
42%
48%
43%
43%
11%
11%
9%
12%
3971
5936
5111
44%
46%
43%
44%
45%
44%
12%
10%
13%
- 43 -
Q4. Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est vraie ou fausse.
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de
l’Europe que…
d) l’on crée une armée européenne
Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the Convention on the future of Europe
that…
d) a European army is going to be created
AC 10
SEXE - SEX
Hommes/ Men
Femmes / Women
AGE
15-24
25-39
40-54
55 & +
EDUCATION
15 & 16-20
21 & +
PROFESSION - OCCUPATION
Indpdt. / Self-empl.
Employé / Employee
Ouvrier / Manual worker
Ss act.prof. / Without prof.act.
HABITAT - LOCALITY TYPE
Metropoles
Villes / Towns
Zones rurales / Rural zones
Total
Vrai /
True
Faux /
False
[NSP/SR]
/
[DK/NA]
10055
34%
43%
24%
4768
5287
38%
31%
45%
40%
17%
30%
1792
2552
2632
3073
37%
33%
32%
35%
45%
46%
46%
35%
18%
22%
22%
30%
1802
5955
1915
38%
34%
32%
29%
44%
48%
33%
22%
19%
689
2747
1361
5221
36%
30%
32%
36%
47%
48%
43%
39%
17%
23%
25%
25%
1767
5011
3277
30%
34%
36%
47%
44%
39%
24%
23%
25%
- 44 -
TECHNICAL NOTE
Détails de sondage
Survey details
Ce sondage FLASH EUROBAROMETRE 159
sur la « future Constitution européenne » a été
réalisé pour le Secrétariat Général de la
Commission européenne. Des interviews
téléphoniques ont été réalisées dans chaque
pays à l’exception de la République Tchèque, la
Lettonie, la Lituanie et la Slovaquie où des
interviews en face-à-face ont été menées à
cause du taux de pénétration téléphonique trop
faible dans ces pays.
This FLASH EUROBAROMETRE 159 survey
“Future European Constitution” was conducted
for the Secretariat General of European
Commission. Telephone interviews were
conducted in each country with the exception
of the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and
Slovakia where face-to-face interviews were
conducted due to low telephone penetration
rates.
Il s'agit d'un FLASH EUROBAROMETRE
GRAND PUBLIC, organisé et géré par la
Direction Générale PRESS, Unité B/1 .
It is a GENERAL PUBLIC FLASH
EUROBAROMETER SURVEY, organized
and managed by the PRESS General
Directorate, Unit B/1.
Les interviews ont été réalisées du 14/01/2004
au 23/01/2004 par les vingt-cinq Instituts EOS
GALLUP EUROPE dont la liste suit :
The interviews were conducted between the
14/01/2004 and the 23/01/2004 by these twenty
five EOS GALLUP EUROPE Institutes:
Belgique
Danemark
Allemagne
Grèce
Espagne
France
Irlande
Italie
Luxembourg
Pays-Bas
Autriche
B
DK
D
EL
E
F
IRL
I
L
NL
A
Portugal
Finlande
Suède
P
FIN
S
Royaume Uni
Chypre
République Tchèque
Estonie
Hongrie
Lettonie
Lithuanie
Malte
Pologne
Slovaquie
Slovenie
UK
CY
CZ
EE
HU
LV
LT
MT
PL
SK
SI
TNS DIMARSO - BRUXELLES
TNS GALLUP - KOBENHAVN
TNS EMNID - BIELEFELD
TNS ICAP - ATHENS
TNS DEMOSCOPIA - MADRID
TNS SOFRES - MONTROUGE
IRISH MKTG SURVEYS - DUBLIN
DOXA - MILANO
TNS ILReS - LUXEMBOURG
TNS NIPO - AMSTERDAM
ÖSTERREICHISCHES
GALLUP-VIENNA
TNS EUROTESTE - LISBOA
TNS SUOMEN GALLUP - ESPOO
TNS SVENSKA GALLUP STOCKHOLM
ICM - LONDON
SYNOVATE
TNS FACTUM
TNS EMOR
TNS HUNGARY
TNS LATVIA
TNS GALLUP
MISCO
TNS OBOP
TNS FACTUM
RM PLUS
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(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
15/01/2004 – 23/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 20/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 20/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 21/01/2004)
16/01/2004 – 21/01/2004)
16/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 22/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 24/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 20/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 21/01/2004)
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Austria
(Interviews : 16/01/2004 – 23/01/2004)
(Interviews : 15/01/2004 – 20/01/2004)
(Interviews : 15/01/2004 – 22/01/2004)
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
(Interviews :
15/01/2004 – 22/01/2004)
14/01/2004 – 21/01/2004)
14/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
14/01/2004 – 18/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 18/01/2004)
14/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
16/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 19/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 17/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 22/01/2004)
15/01/2004 – 18/01/2004)
United Kingdom
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
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Représentativité des résultats
Representativeness of the results
Chaque
échantillon
national
est
représentatif de la population âgée de 15
ans et plus.
Each national sample is representative of
the population of 15 y.o. and more.
Tailles des échantillons
Sizes of the sample
Les tailles d'échantillon sont d’environ
1000 répondants par pays.
The sample sizes amount to approximately
1000 respondents in each country.
Une pondération a été appliquée aux
résultats nationaux pour calculer un total
marginal où chaque pays contribue au
résultat de l'Union Européenne en
proportion du nombre de ses habitants.
A weighting factor has been applied on the
national results in order to compute a
marginal total where each country
contributes to the European Union result in
proportion of its population.
A la page suivante sont présentés côte à
côte les nombres d'interviews:
In the following page we have presented,
side by side, the number of interviews:
(1) effectivement réalisées dans chaque
pays
(2) découlant de la pondération selon les
populations de chaque pays qui participent
à la construction de l’Union Européenne
actuelle (15 pays).
(3) découlant de la pondération selon les
populations de chaque pays qui participent
à la construction de l’Union Européenne
élargie (25 pays).
(1) actually conducted in each country
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(2) derived from the weighting in
proportion of the population of each
country participating in the construction of
the current European Union (15 countries).
(3) derived from the weighting in
proportion of the population of each
country participating in the construction of
the enlarged European Union (25
countries).
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(1)
Réalisées
Conducted
Total
15018 (15)
TOTAL INTERVIEWS
(2)
(2)
(3)
Pondérées
% du total
Pondérées
(Pondéré
UE15)
Weighted
% on Total
Weighted
(Weighted
EU15)
15018 (15)
100.0%
25073 (25)
(3)
% du total
(Pondéré
UE25)
% on Total
(Weighted
EU25)
100.0%
B
1002
404
2.7%
565
2.3%
DK
1000
209
1.4%
292
1.2%
D
1003
3312
22.1%
4631
18.5%
EL
1000
428
2.9%
599
2.4%
E
1004
1603
10.7%
2241
8.9%
F
1007
2308
15.4%
3227
12.9%
IRL
1000
158
1.1%
214
0.9%
I
1002
2369
15.8%
3311
13.2%
L
1000
18
0.1%
25
0.1%
NL
1000
622
4.1%
870
3.5%
A
1000
323
2.2%
451
1.8%
P
1000
399
2.7%
558
2.2%
FIN
1000
203
1.3%
283
1.1%
S
1000
346
2.3%
484
1.9%
UK
1000
2316
15.4%
3237
12.9%
Total
10055 (10)
CY
1000
39
0.2%
CZ
973
573
2.3%
EE
1006
75
0.3%
HU
1005
556
2.2%
LV
1000
130
0.5%
LT
1019
198
0.8%
MT
1000
27
0.1%
PL
1000
2087
8.3%
SK
1052
290
1.2%
SL
1000
112
0.4%
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Questionnaires
Questionnaires
1. Le questionnaire établi pour ce
sondage est reproduit à la fin de ce
volume de résultats, en Français et
en Anglais (Voir ci-après).
1. The questionnaire prepared for this
survey is reproduced at the end of
this results volume, in French and
in English (see hereafter).
2. Les traductions ont été réalisées
dans chaque langue d’interview par
les Instituts nationaux cités cidessus.
2. The translations have been realized
in each national language by the
Institutes listed above.
3. Un
exemplaire
de
chaque
questionnaire national est joint à ces
volumes de Tableaux de résultats.
3. One copy of each national
questionnaire is annexed to these
Data Tables results Volumes.
Tableaux des résultats
Tables of results
* VOLUME A : PAYS PAR PAYS
* VOLUME A : COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
Le VOLUME A1 présente les résultats de
l'Union Européenne pays par pays.
Le VOLUME A2 présente les résultats pour
les pays adhérents, pays par pays.
The VOLUME A1 presents the European
Union results country by country.
The VOLUME A2 presents the adherent
countries results, country by country.
* VOLUME B : DEMOGRAPHIQUES DES
REPONDANTS
* VOLUME B : RESPONDENTS’
DEMOGRAPHICS
Le VOLUME B présente les résultats
ventilés selon quelques caractéristiques
socio-démographiques des répondants :
The VOLUME B presents the results with
thes following personal characteristics of
respondents as breakdowns :
Sexe (Homme, Femme)
Age (15-24, 25-39, 40-54, 55 +)
Education (15&-, 16-20, 21&+)
Profession
Habitat
Le VOLUME B 25 présente les résultats
pour les 25 pays de l’Union Européenne
élargie.
Le VOLUME B 15 présente les résultats
pour les 15 pays de l’Union Européenne
actuelle.
Le VOLUME B 10 présente les résultats
pour les 10 pays adhérents à l’Union
Européenne
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Sex (Men, Women)
Age (15-24, 25-39, 40-54, 55 +)
Education (15&-, 16-20, 21&+)
Occupation
Locality type
The VOLUME B 25 presents the results
for the 25 countries of the enlarged
European Union.
The VOLUME B 15 presents the results
for the 15 countries of the current
European Union.
The VOLUME B 10 presents the results
for the 10 countries of the adhering
European Union.
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* VOLUME(S) C : CHAQUE PAYS
* VOLUME(S) C : EACH COUNTRY
Le(s) VOLUME(S) C présente(nt) la même
analyse que celle du VOLUME B, mais
pour chaque pays individuellement.
The VOLUME(S) C present(s) the same
analysis as in VOLUME B, but for each
individual country.
Valeurs statistiques des résultats
Statistical significance of the results
Les résultats d'un sondage ne sont jamais
valables que dans les limites d'une marge
statistique d'échantillonnage. Cette
marge est plus ou moins grande, et dépend de
trois choses :
The results in a survey are valid only
between the limits of a statistical margin
caused by the sampling process. This
margin varies with three factors :
1. La taille de l'échantillon (ou de la
partie d'échantillon que l'on analyse) :
plus le nombre de répondants est
grand, plus la marge statistique est
petite ;
2. Le résultat lui-même : plus le résultat
est proche de 50%, plus la marge
statistique est grande ;
3. Le degré de certitude que l'on exige :
plus on est sévère, plus la marge
statistique est grande.
1. The sample size (or the size of the
analysed part in the sample) : the
greater the number of respondents
is, the smaller the statistical
margin will be;
2. The result in itself : the closer the
result approachs 50%, the wider
the statistical margin will be ;
3. The desired degree of confidence
: the more "strict" we are, the
wider the statistical margin will
be.
A titre d'exemple, prenons un cas imaginaire :
As an example, examine this illustrative
case :
1. 500 personnes ont répondu à une
question ;
2. Le résultat analysé est de 50 %
environ ;
3. On choisit un degré de certitude de 95
% (c'est le niveau le plus utilisé par
les statisticiens, et c'est celui adopté
pour la table ci-après) ;
1. One question has been answered
by 500 people ;
2. The analysed result is around 50%
;
3. We choose a significance level of
95 % (it is the level most often
used by the statisticians, and it is
the one chosen for the Table
hereafter);
In this illustrative case the statistical
margin is : (+/- 4.4%) around the
observed 50%. And as a conclusion : the
result for the whole population lies
between 45.6% and 54.4 %.
Dans ce cas illustratif la marge statistique est
de : (+/- 4.4%) autour des 50% observés. Et
en conclusion : le résultat pour la population
totale se situe entre 45.6% et 54.4%.
Nous reproduisons à la page suivante les
marges statistiques calculées pour différents
échantillons et différents résultats observés,
au degré de certitude de 95%.
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In the next page we’ve reproduced the
statistical margins computed for various
observed results, on various sample sizes,
at the 95% significance level.
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MARGES STATISTIQUES
D’ECHANTILLONAGE
(AU NIVEAU DE CONFIANCE DE 95 %)
STATISTICAL MARGINS DUE TO THE
SAMPLING PROCESS
(AT THE 95 % LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE)
Différentes tailles d'échantillon sont en lignes ;
Différents résultats observés sont en colonnes :
Various sample sizes are in rows ;
Various observed results are in columns :
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
55%
50%
N=50
6.0
8.3
9.9
11.1
12.0
12.7
13.2
13.6
13.8
13.9
N=500
N=500
1.9
2.6
3.1
3.5
3.8
4.0
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.4
N=1000
N=1000
1.4
1.9
2.2
2.5
2.7
2.8
3.0
3.0
3.1
3.1
N=1000
N=1500
1.1
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.5
2.5
N=1500
N=2000
1.0
1.3
1.6
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.2
N=2000
N=3000
0.8
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.8
N=3000
N=4000
0.7
0.9
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
N=4000
N=5000
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.4
N=5000
N=6000
0.6
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.3
N=6000
N=7000
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
N=7000
N=7500
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
N=7500
N=8000
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.1
1.1
1.1
N=8000
N=9000
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
N=9000
N=10000
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.0
N=10000
N=11000
0.4
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
N=11000
N=12000
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
N=12000
N=13000
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
N=13000
N=14000
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
N=14000
N=15000
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
N=15000
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
95%
90%
85%
80%
75%
70%
65%
60%
55%
50%
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QUESTIONNAIRE
D4.
Age de fin d’études :
[_][_]
[00]
[01]
[99]
- Ouvrier
Æ c’est-à-dire :
- Employé
Æ c’est-à-dire :
- Indépendant
Æ c’est-à-dire :
- agent de maîtrise (chef d’équipe) ...................................................31
- ouvrier qualifié .................................................................................32
- ouvrier non qualifié ..........................................................................33
- autre (PRECISER).........................................................................34
- de profession libérale (médecin, avocat, comptable, architecte,…)21
- cadre supérieur/dirigeant d’entreprise .............................................22
- cadre moyen ....................................................................................23
- fonctionnaire ....................................................................................24
- employé de bureau ..........................................................................25
- autre employé (vendeur, infirmier, etc…) ........................................26
- autre (PRECISER)..........................................................................27
- exploitant agricole, forestier, pêcheur..............................................11
- commerçant, artisan ........................................................................12
- de profession libérale (avocat, médecin, comptable, architecte,…) 13
- chef d’entreprise ..............................................................................14
- autre (PRECISER).........................................................................15
Sur le plan professionnel, peut-on dire qu’actuellement vous êtes
indépendant, employé, ouvrier ou êtes-vous sans activité
professionnelle ?
[LIRE ITEMS A GAUCHE - ENSUITE FAIRE PRECISER (« c’est-àdire ») - UNE SEULE REPONSE]
[AGE EXACT EN 2 CHIFFRES]
ans
[REFUS/ SR]
[JAMAIS ETE A L'ECOLE PLEIN TEMPS]
[ENCORE A L'ECOLE PLEIN TEMPS]
Years old
[REFUSAL/NO ANSWER]
Male
Female
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- Employee
Æ i.e. :
- supervisor / foreman (team manager, etc …)................................. 31
- manual worker
........................................................................... 32
- unskilled manual worker .................................................................. 33
- other (SPECIFY) ........................................................................... 34
- professional (employed doctor, lawyer, accountant, architect)........ 21
- general management, director or top management ........................ 22
- middle management, ....................................................................... 23
- civil servant...................................................................................... 24
- office clerk ....................................................................................... 25
- other employee (salesman, nurse, etc…)........................................ 26
- other (SPECIFY).............................................................................. 27
- Self-employed
Æ i.e. :
- farmer, forester, fisherman .............................................................. 11
- owner of a shop, craftsman ............................................................. 12
- professional (lawyer, medical practitioner, accountant, architect,…)13
- manager of a company.................................................................... 14
- other (SPECIFY)............................................................................. 15
As far as your current occupation is concerned, would you say you are
self-employed, an employee, a manual worker or would you say that
you are without a professional activity ?
[READ OUT LEFT ITEMS - THEN ASK TO SPECIFY (“that is to say”)
- ONLY ONE ANSWER]
Age when finished full time education : [EXACT AGE IN 2 DIGITS]
[_][_] years old
[ 0 0 ] [REFUSAL/ NO ANSWER]
[ 0 1 ] [NEVER BEEN IN FULL TIME EDUCATION]
[ 9 9 ] [STILL IN FULL TIME EDUCATION]
Exact Age: [_][_]
[00]
- Manual worker
Æ i.e. :
D4.
D3.
D2.
D3.
Ans
[REFUS/SANS REPONSE]
Age Exact: [_][_]
[00]
[ 1]
[2]
D2.
Sex
D1.
Homme
Femme
Sexe
D1.
[1]
[2]
Socio Demographics
CONFIDENTIAL
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Socio Demographiques
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D6.
D5.
-
zone métropolitaine...........................................................................1
autre ville/centre urbain.....................................................................2
zone rurale.........................................................................................3
Type de localité?
Région = "European Administrative Regional Unit" (N.U.T.S. 1)
[2 CHIFFRES]
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metropolitan zone ............................................................................. 1
other town/urban centre ................................................................... 2
rural zone ......................................................................................... 3
Type of Locality?
D6.
-
Region = "European Administrative Regional Unit" (N.U.T.S. 1)
[2 DIGITS]
D5.
- Without a professional activity
Æ i.e. :
- looking after the home ..................................................................... 41
- student (full time) ............................................................................. 42
- retired ............................................................................................. 43
- seeking a job ................................................................................... 44
- other (SPECIFY).............................................................................. 45
- (Refusal)
..................................................................................................................... 99
CONFIDENTIAL
Ref : 5031LVTLBA
- Sans activité professionnelle
Æ c’est-à-dire : - vous occupant de votre ménage .....................................................41
- étudiant (à temps plein) ...................................................................42
- retraité..............................................................................................43
- à la recherche d’un emploi ..............................................................44
- autre (PRECISER).........................................................................45
- (Refus)
................................................................................................................ 99
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Q2.
a) L’Union européenne doit adopter une Constitution ....................... 1 2 3
b) Sans Constitution, l’Union européenne risque de connaître un
un blocage de ses Institutions ......................................................... 1 2 3
c) Notre pays doit être prêt à faire des concessions pour ne pas empêcher
l’adoption d’une nouvelle Constitution pour l’Union européenne .. 1 2 3
d) Il faut créer un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères de l’Union
européenne ..................................................................................... 1 2 3
e) Les Etats membres qui le souhaitent devraient pouvoir renforcer leur
coopération entre eux sans attendre les autres Etats membres .... 1 2 3
[LIRE – UNE REPONSE PAR ITEM]
- Plutôt d’accord ........................................................................1
- Plutôt pas d’accord..................................................................2
- [NSP/SR] .................................................................................3
Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si vous êtes plutôt
d’accord ou plutôt pas d’accord…
Very well informed.............................................................................. 1
Rather well informed .......................................................................... 2
Rather badly informed........................................................................ 3
Very badly informed ........................................................................... 4
[DK/ NA] ............................................................................................. 5
Rather agree ...................................................................................... 1
Rather disagree.................................................................................. 2
[DK/NA] .............................................................................................. 3
e)
d)
c)
a)
b)
The European Union must adopt a Constitution ..............................1 2 3
Without a Constitution, the European Union may well experience a
block of its institutions .......................................................................1 2 3
Our country must be ready to make concessions in order not to prevent
the adoption of a new Constitution for the European Union ............1 2 3
The position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union
must be created ...............................................................................1 2 3
Member States that wish to do so, should have the possibility of
strengthening their mutual cooperation without having to wait for the other
Member States..................................................................................1 2 3
(READ OUT – ONE ANSWER PER ITEM]
-
Q2. For each of the following statements, tell me if you rather agree or rather
disagree…
-
[READ OUT – ONE ANSWER ONLY]
[LIRE – UNE SEULE REPONSE POSSIBLE]
- Très bien informé ........................................................... 1
- Plutôt bien informé ......................................................... 2
- Plutôt mal informé .......................................................... 3
- Très mal informé ............................................................ 4
- [NSP/SR] ....................................................................... 5
Q1. Do you consider yourself as being very well informed, rather well informed,
rather badly informed or very badly informed on questions relating to the draft of the
future European Constitution?
Estimez-vous être très bien informé, plutôt bien informé, plutôt mal informé
ou très mal informé sur les questions liées au projet de texte de la future
Constitution européenne ?
Q1.
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Questionnaire:
CONFIDENTIAL
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Q4.
Q3.
a) l’on crée un poste de Ministre des Affaires étrangères
de l’Union européenne .................................................... 1 2 3
b) au moins un million de citoyens de l’Union européenne peuvent
inviter la Commission européenne à soumettre
une proposition ................................................................ 1 2 3
c) le Président du Conseil européen est élu au suffrage
universel direct................................................................. 1 2 3
d) l’on crée une armée européenne.................................... 1 2 3
Il est prévu dans le projet de texte de la future Constitution européenne
élaboré par la Convention pour l’avenir de l’Europe que…
- Vrai ..........................................................................................1
- Faux ........................................................................................2
- [NSP/SR] .................................................................................3
Pour chacune des affirmations suivantes, dite-moi si, à votre avis, elle est
vraie ou fausse.
[LIRE – ROTATION - UNE SEULE REPONSE PAR LIGNE]
- Par la presse écrite nationale......................................... 1
- Par la presse écrite régionale ou locale......................... 2
- Par les télévisions ou les radios nationales ................... 3
- Par les télévisions ou les radios régionales
ou locales ....................................................................... 4
- Par une rencontre organisée dans votre ville ................ 5
- Par des documents ou brochures d’information ............ 6
- Par Internet..................................................................... 7
- [NE SOUHAITE PAS RECEVOIR D’INFORMATION] .. 8
- [AUTRE – PRECISER] .................................................. 9
- [NSP/SR] ....................................................................... 10
[LIRE – ROTATION - TROIS REPONSES POSSIBLES]
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through the national written press...................................................... 1
through the regional or local written press......................................... 2
through national television channels or radio stations ....................... 3
through regional or local television channels or radio stations .......... 4
through an organised meeting in your town....................................... 5
through informational documents or brochures ................................. 6
through the Internet............................................................................ 7
[DOES NOT WISH TO RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION] .................. 8
[OTHER - SPECIFY] .......................................................................... 9
[DK/NA] ............................................................................................ 10
True .................................................................................................... 1
False .................................................................................................. 2
[DK/NA] .............................................................................................. 3
the position of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union will
be created ..................................................................................... 1 2 3
b) at least one million citizens of the European Union can invite
the European Commission to submit a proposal ......................... 1 2 3
c) the President of the European Council is elected by
direct universal suffrage ................................................................ 1 2 3
d) a European army is going to be created ........................................ 1 2 3
a)
It is planned in the draft of the future European Constitution elaborated by the
Convention on the future of Europe that…
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Q4. For each of the following statements, tell me if, in your opinion, it is true or false.
[READ OUT – ROTATION – ONE ANSWER ONLY PER STATEMENT]
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[READ OUT – ROTATION – THREE ANSWERS POSSIBLE]
Q3. You personally, through which means would you like to be informed the most
about the future European Constitution?
CONFIDENTIAL
Ref : 5031LVTLBA
Vous personnellement, par quels moyens souhaiteriez-vous être informé le
plus sur la future Constitution européenne ?
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