Thursday, December 18, 2008
[IWS] EUROBAROMETER 70/ AUTUMN 2008 FIRST RESULTS [18 December 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission> Public Opinion
EUROBAROMETER 70
PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Standard Eurobarometer 70/ Autumn 2008 -
FIRST RESULTS
Fieldwork: October - November 2008
Publication: December 2008
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_en.htm
or
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_first_en.pdf
[full-text, 87 pages]
and
DATA
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_annex.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
[excerpt]
This report is divided into two main parts. In the first part we present a set of trend
indicators related to Europeans� expectations for the coming year and their main
concerns. After that, the projection of this general opinion mood is analysed in
terms of indicators that measure perceptions and opinions about the European
Union and its institutions. Finally, we analyse how Europeans perceive the role of
the European Union with regard to globalisation, a theme which is not only attuned
to the period of Autumn 2008 but also profoundly entangled with today�s European
reality.
In the second part we explore four additional themes: the conflict in Georgia; the
fall of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent enlargement of the European Union; the
European Union budget, and the objectives for the building of Europe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 2
PART I: TREND INDICATORS ............................................................................. 5
1. EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION................................... 6
2. CONCERNS OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS .............................................. 21
3. DIRECTION IN WHICH THINGS ARE GOING ................................... 28
4. SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ................ 31
5. THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION........... 35
6. PERCEPTION OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS................................... 38
7. IMAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.................................................. 47
8. WHAT POLICIES TO BE DECIDED WHERE? ..................................... 50
9. GLOBALISATION ............................................................................ 52
PART II: POLICY ISSUES ................................................................................. 56
10. GEORGIA........................................................................................ 57
11. THE IRON CURTAIN & ENLARGEMENT ............................................ 62
12. THE EUROPEAN UNION BUDGET..................................................... 67
13. THE BUILDING OF EUROPE............................................................. 70
CONCLUSION................................................................................................... 73
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................... 77
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Commission> Public Opinion
EUROBAROMETER 70
PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Standard Eurobarometer 70/ Autumn 2008 -
FIRST RESULTS
Fieldwork: October - November 2008
Publication: December 2008
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_en.htm
or
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_first_en.pdf
[full-text, 87 pages]
and
DATA
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb70/eb70_annex.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
[excerpt]
This report is divided into two main parts. In the first part we present a set of trend
indicators related to Europeans� expectations for the coming year and their main
concerns. After that, the projection of this general opinion mood is analysed in
terms of indicators that measure perceptions and opinions about the European
Union and its institutions. Finally, we analyse how Europeans perceive the role of
the European Union with regard to globalisation, a theme which is not only attuned
to the period of Autumn 2008 but also profoundly entangled with today�s European
reality.
In the second part we explore four additional themes: the conflict in Georgia; the
fall of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent enlargement of the European Union; the
European Union budget, and the objectives for the building of Europe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 2
PART I: TREND INDICATORS ............................................................................. 5
1. EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION................................... 6
2. CONCERNS OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS .............................................. 21
3. DIRECTION IN WHICH THINGS ARE GOING ................................... 28
4. SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ................ 31
5. THE BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION........... 35
6. PERCEPTION OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS................................... 38
7. IMAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.................................................. 47
8. WHAT POLICIES TO BE DECIDED WHERE? ..................................... 50
9. GLOBALISATION ............................................................................ 52
PART II: POLICY ISSUES ................................................................................. 56
10. GEORGIA........................................................................................ 57
11. THE IRON CURTAIN & ENLARGEMENT ............................................ 62
12. THE EUROPEAN UNION BUDGET..................................................... 67
13. THE BUILDING OF EUROPE............................................................. 70
CONCLUSION................................................................................................... 73
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................... 77
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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