euro-barometre ! PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

NO. 3 JUNE-JULY 1975

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Working document for the Commission of the European Communities

euro-barometre PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

EURO-BAROMETER No 3

I n i t ia1 r e su l t s

NO. 3 JUNE-JULY 1975

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES RUE DE LA LOI 200 1049 BRUSSELS

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ETJRO-BAROMETER No 3

The r e su l t s shown here are f o r the th i rd i n the ser ies of six-monthly

public opinion polls, carried out on behalf o f the Commission, i n the

nine member countries of the European Community.

The pol l w a s conducted i n Nay:

forming representative national samples, were interviewed . some 9 500 people, aged I5 and over, 1

I n addition t o the customary questions on the main subjects of public

concern at the time of the survey, and on Common Market and European

Community at t i tudes, the EURO-BAROMETER f o r spring 1975 included the

following new questions:

'For the number of people questioned i n each group and a l l other information of a technical nature see the Annex t o t h i s document.

The po l l was carried out by eight special is t inst i tutes:

Belgium and Luxembourg:

Denmark:

West Germany

France

I r e land

I t a l y

Netherlands

U n i t ed Kingdon+*

DIIVIARSO (Member o f the INILA Group)

GALLUP MARKEDSAN&YSE

EXNID-INSTITUT

INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'OPINION PUBLIQUE! (IFOP)*

IRISH MARKETING SURVEYS ISTITUTO PER LE RIC- STATISTICHE E L'ANALJSI DELL'OPINIONE PUBBLICA (DOXA)

NEDEFUNDS INSTITUUT VOOR DE PUBLIEKE OPINIE

THE GALLUP POLL (mpo )

* Also responsible f o r international coordination and analysis o f the results.

The data re fer , f o r the first time, t o the United Kingdom as a whole and not merely t o Great Britain. j o in t ly by I r i sh Marketing Surveys and the Gallup Pol l .

The Northern Ireland p o l l w a s conducted

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several questions on the po l i t i ca l unification o f Europe, with special

reference t o the plan f o r e lect ing the European Parliament by d i rec t

universal suffrage;

two questions of topical interest :

referendum t o be held on 5 June - on the implications f o r the future

of Europe of Britain 's remaining i n the Community; and the second - i n the context of "International Women's Year" - on the e f fec ts which

development of the European Community may have on the changing s t a tus

of women .

one - on the eve of the Br i t i sh

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'A special survey was carr ied out at the same time on the role o f women The r e su l t s a re i n process of being analysed and w i l l be i n society.

published at a l a t e r date.

%or technical information and specific reference t o the various pol l s quoted see Annex.

Readers wishing t o compare the r e su l t s of the May 1975 pol l with the other pol l s conducted on behalf of the European Commission should re fer , i n par t icular , t o the following documents:

- "Les Européens: Oui 2 l'Europe" (The Europeans say ttyesff t o Europe), po l l conducted i n January and February 1970, i n the s i x Community countries and i n Great Britain. Brussels, May 1970.

- "Europeans and European unification", pol l conducted i n February and March 1970 i n the s i x Community countries. Brussels, June 1972. Text available i n English.

- "L'opinion des Européens sur l e s aspects régionaux e t agricoles du Marché commun, l 'unification polit ique de l'Europe e t l'information du public" (The views of Europeans on the regional and agricul tural aspects of the Common Market, the po l i t i ca l unification of Europe and public information), pol l conducted i n July 1971 i n the s i x Community countries. Brussels, December 1971

- tfL'Europe vue par l e s Europ6ens" (Europe through the eyes o f the Europeans), pol l conducted i n September 1973 i n the nine Community countries. Brussels, August 1974.

- Euro-Barometer No 1, July 1974.

- Euro-Barometer No 2, December 1974.

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PERSONAL PROBLEM No 1

Instead of following the pattern of previous pol l s by asking those

interviewed t o indicate the most important problem being dealt with

by t h e i r Government, t h i s particular pol l put the question i n personal

terms:

the moment?";

which he could add t o if he wished.

"What are the most important problems you face personally at

the person interviewed w a s then shown a list of problems,

In f o u r countries - Ireland, United Kingdom, I t a l y and France - problems

of inf la t ion (prices, wages, family budget) were the main subject o f

public concern.

most frequently ci ted i n Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and the

Netherlands.

France two i n every ten, considered unemployment t o be the most serious

problem.

Personal or family problems and health were the subjects

In eight Community countries, only one i n ten but i n

MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEMS I N MAY 1975

Prices, wage s, family budget

Work o r unemploy-

ment

1 Community

33$

13

F'rance

26%

19

Ireland

63%

10

I t a l y

35%

14

~

United Kingdom

53%

6

See Table 1 of Annex f o r the complete r e su l t s f o r each country.

'Average weighted according t o the population aged 15 and over in each of the nine Community countries.

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PERSONAL INTEREST

IN THE PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Before touching on the main issues, vie. questions r e l a t ing t o the

Common Market, the European Community and the unification of Europe,

a preliminary question, the answer t o which would therefore be

unaffected by the questionnaire, made it possible t o assess the personal

involvement, f e l t by those interviewed, as regards the topics on which

they were about t o be questioned.

The preliminary question w a s worded as follows: "The press, newspapers,

radio, television, often mention the European Community - the Common

Market - as being a factor i n the future of Bri ta in and the other

countries of Europe. Are you personally very interested, a l i t t l e

interested, o r not at a l l interested i n the problems of the European

Community?lll

In the nine Member States taken as a whole, approximately a quarter of

those interviewed were "very interested" i n the problems of the Community

(26$.), while another quarter were "not at a l l interested" (237;).

The sca t te r of the rep l ies received i n the s i x or iginal member countries

i n Iky 1975, it w i l l be noted, conformed closely t o those given i n

September 1973. No doubt as a resu l t of the referendum campaign, the

United Kingdom showed an appreciable growth of public interest (35% as against 2370); in te res t i n the problems facing Europe.

it is the Br i t i sh who currently appear t o take most

'This question had already been asked i n a pol l carried out i n September 1973 i n the nine Community countries, without the introductory phrase, and was worded as fo l lows : "Are you personally etc..... Il

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PERSOE& INTEREST I N TH% PROBLEXS OF THE EUROPEAN COIJKLlNITy

Septeniber 1973 4

2 z

b~ 1975 :'.

24

4

1 O0

4

1 O0

Very i n t erest ed

A l i t t l e interested

Not at al 1 i n t erest ed

45

27

48

24

Dont t know

Tot al

N 5993 9153

DENT.T.ARK I

IREL AND GREAT BRITAIN ( 1973) UNITED KINGDOM (1975)

Sept. 1973

K a y 1975

Sept. I973

M a y 1975

% 23

43

31

3

k 35

42

19

4

$

2?

44

29

% 24

48

27

1

Very i n t erest ed

A l i t t l e interestei

Not at a l l i n t erest ed

Dont t know

Tot al

N

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1328 199 1000 I933

See Tables 2 and 2(a) of Annex

'Average-weighted according t o the population aged 15 and over i n each of the s i x countries.

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I

A t t it ude towards European informat ion

f avowable Tot al unresponsive o r

indifferent

Very i n t ere st ed z 77% 2 3% 1 OO./,

A l i t t l e interested: 54 46 100

Not at a l l interested: 22 78 1 O0 i n the problems of the European Community t .

Clearly a close l ink ex i s t s between degrees of personal interest in

problems facing the Community, and the disposition t o keep abreast of

Community ac t iv i t ies , as presented by press, radio and television.

Eight out of ten persons who were "very interested" i n Community problems

were a l s o favourably disposed towards information about Europe (7770) . Conversely, eight out of ten who were "not at a l l interested", remained

unresponsive o r indifferent i n t h e i r a t t i tude t o information on Europe

(78%)

It would probably be correct t o assume that i n i t i a l l y interest exists before information i s available, but that subsequently information

promotes in teres t and a demand f o r information.

D E N M I FOR INFORMATION IN 'ILERMS OF DEGREE OF INTEREST

For the exact wording of the question and the repl ies in de ta i l , see Table 14 of Annex.

I

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IMPORTANCE A T T A 0

TO PROBLEXS DEXLT W I T H

BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'

In May 1975, as i n October/November 1974, the problem which most o f those

interviewed considered "very important" was the common f ight against

rising prices: t h i s was the reply given by seven out o f t en persons

interviewed (6970)

In the May 1975 pol l t h i s w a s followed by environmental policy and

consumer protection which were termed "very important" by close t o f ive

out of ten (46%).

The enerRy policy, which ranked second i n autumn 1974, dropped t o fourth

place (37%).

The following table shows the May 1975 resu l t s f o r a l l nine member

countries

'"The nine countries of the European Economic Community - the Common Market - are together dealing with a number of shared problems. Here i s a list of them. (Show CARD). Could you t e l l me, f o r each of these problems, if it appears very important t o you, important, of l i t t l e importance, o r not at a l l important." alphabetical order).

(The problems were l i s t e d i n

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IMPORTBNCE ATTACHED TO PROBLFMS

D U L T W I T H BY THE EUROPEAN C O I " I T Y

(Results f o r the nine countries)'

C. A common f ight against rising prices

G. Introduction of a common policy f o r protecting nature and f ight ing pollut ion

I. Protection of consumers against fraudulent s e l l i ng and m i s- 1 eading advert i sing

E. Implementation of a common policy on energy supplies

J. Achieving a common foreign policy i n discussions with t h e United Sta tes and Russia

D. Coordinating social pol icies

F. Modernisation of k o p e a n agricul ture

B. Reducing the differences between regions

H. Introduction of a common policy on aid t o underdeveloped countries outside of Europe

A. Creating a single European currency

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Very import ant

69%

46

46

37

34

29

30

23

17

22

- -

Import ant

2 6

31

30

35

31

37

35

38

29

28

~

O f l i t t l e import ance

5%

13

73

12

13

17

18

20

26

20

-~ ~

Tot at all import ant

%

4

8

6

7

7

17

19

-

Don't know

4%

6

6

11

14

11

10

12

11

11

Average weighted according t o t h e population aged I 5 and over i n each member country. The items are l i s t e d i n order of the importance a t t r ibuted t o them by those interviewed.

1

4

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To make it easier t o compare the r e su l t s of the various polls, the

rep l ies have been weighted i n accordance w i t h the degree of importance

ascribed t o each problem, thus:

"of l i t t l e importance" = 1, etc.

"very important" = 3, "important" = 2,

As can be seen from the following table, the average scores remain

consistent f o r a l l member countries. It w i l l be interest ing t o see

whether the next Euro-Barometer (October/November 1975) bears out the

advance i n the re la t ive importance attached to the quality o f l i f e

(environment a l and consumer protect ion) .

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INDICES SHOWING IMPORTANCE ATTACHED

TO P R O B ~ ~ S DEALT WITH BY THE EUROPEAN C O ~ I T Y ’

(Results f o r the nine countries)

A common f ight against r i s i n g prices

Introduction of a cornnon policy fo r protecting nature and f ight ing pollut ion

Protection of consumers against fraudulent s e l l i ng and misleading advertising

Implementation of a common policy on energy supplies

Achieving a comon foreign policy i n discussions with the United Sta tes and Russia

Index

2.64

2.25

2.24

2.15

2.06

Position on list

No 1

No 2

xo 3

No 4

No 5

October/November 1974

Index

2.66

2.22

2.12

2.23

2. o4

Pos it i on on list

No 1

No 3

No 4

No 2

Mo 5

’Only the five problems considered most important by the public a re shown. Annex le , Table 3(a) shows how the index has been arrived at and gives a breakdown o f the r e su l t s by country. Euro-Barometer No 2, pages 4-6 and A 22-23.

To compare r e s u l t s with the pol l held i n October/November 1974, see

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1 Only a few coments need be made on t he di f ferences between countries :

concern over r i s i n g pr ices i s more pronounced i n Ireland and the

United Kingdom;

France i s according more importance t o protect ing nature, doubtless

because of t he recent discussions on nuclear power s ta t ions ;

Ireland is concerned par t i cu la r ly with the question of consumer

protection;

t he French and Germans a r e at taching growing s ign i f icasse t o t h e

question of Europe's r e l a t i ons with America and Russia;

the Italians seem mainly concerned with farm modernization, t he

I r i s h and French with the coordination of social po l ic ies , t he

Italians and I r i s h with regional policy, t he French and I r i s h with

a id t o t he underdeveloped countries, and t he people of Luxembourg

over the introduction of a s ingle European currency ( the Werner

Plan).

'It would be advisable, here t o o , t o await t he r e s u l t s o f t he next Euro-Sarometer before attempting t o draw up a half-yearly balance- sheet of t he importame the public a t taches t o problems dea l t with by the Europea- Community.

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CO~BINED ACTION BY THE corIMuNIm OR I h ! P E " T ACTION BY EACH GOVEFWEFC

Using s i x of t he problems being dea l t with by the Community, t he

question of public preference f o r combined ac t ion through t h e

Common Market o r independent ac t ion by each government', which had

already f igured i n previous opinion p o l l s , w a s again raised.

The answers given proved remarkably consistent with t h e results of

t he po l l ca r r ied out i n October/November 1974. as a whole, t h e majority - and i n many instances t h e vast majority - of those interviewed were i n favour o f j o in t ac t ion on each of t he

problems l i s t ed :

In t he Community

seven out of t en as regards t h e f i g h t against r i s i n g pr ices ,

energy policy, t h e protect ion of nature, and foreign policy;

f i v e out of t en as regards agr icu l tu ra l policy and regional

policy.

'"For each of t h e problems (Show Card), can you t e l l m e i f , i n your opinion, it would be b e t t e r t o deal with i t by combined act ion through t he Common Market o r ra ther by an actio- Government independently of o ther countries?" i n a l p h a b e t b a l order. 1

(Problems were l i s t e d

See Euro-Barometer No 2 , pages 7-9.

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ACTION BY TRE C O I W T I T Y

OR INDEPENDENT ACTION BY EACH G O V E R ” T

1 (Result for all nine countries)

The fight against rising prices

A policy on energy supplies

To make our presence felt in discussions with the Americans or the Russians

Introduction of a common policy for protecting nature and fighting pollution

Modernieing European agriculture

Beducing differences between regions

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ction b; he ommunit;

71 %

70

67

67

53

5.1

Inde- pendent action

22 %

18

16

24

35

32

Don’t know

7 %

12

17

9

12

17

October/Xovember 1974

ction b ile ommunit

72 %

74

69

68

54

52

See Table 4 of annex and Euro-Barometer No 2, Table 3

Inde- pendent BCtiOn

23 %

18

18

25

36

35

Don’t know

5 8

8

13

7

10

13

..

5

’ Weight ed average.

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This preference f o r Community act ion w a s considerably more

widespread i n the six original member countries, but w a s nonetheless

shared by thema jo r i t y in the United Kingdom, f o r a l l problems l i s t ed .

ACTIOE' By THE C O ~ ~ ~ I T Y

PFLEFERRED TO INIIEPEXIE" ACTION By EACH GOVEFL"T

(Replies given i n fiTay 1975)

Rising pr ices

Energy policy

Discussions w i t h Americans and Bussia.ns

Protection o f nature

Modernization of agricul ture

Reducing differences between regions

The S i x

76 %

76

72

72

54

50

Denmark

58 %

57

52

5a

29

47

1 re I and

43 %

56

60

32

47

59

Are these r ep l i e s merely w i s h f u l thinking, ar l i p service t o a

majority opinion, because it i s considered r i gh t and proper?

Un i ted K i ngdom

57 %

53

55

54

52

54

It i s d i f f i c u l t t o say, without analysing i n d e t a i l a l l of the

r ep l i e s made by each person interviewed. It is , however, possible

t o make three comments:

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:onsidered .problem "very important"

7 6 b

L

Considered problem "not at a l l important

37 %

1.

between countries and, a s previous po l l s demonstrate, between social

groups o r types o f individual, as well as the variat ions, hinging on

the problem involved, indicate tha t the extent t o which rep l ies are "stereotyped" i s not the same i n a l l countries, o r f o r all interviewees.

Ye can ident ify %herefore a "pro-European" trend ( o r at l ea s t an

element of scepticism concerning the value of independent action by

each government ) .

Assuming r ep l i e s t o be t o some extent stereotyped, the differences

86

87

81

2. Replies favouring "combined action" were more f rement when the

problem was regarded a s important, which i s a r e l i ab l e indication of

how consistent the a t t i tudes i n favour were.

36

35

31 ' I

PREFERENCE ACCORDED TO COI,IBD!ZD ACTIOY

BY THE: C O & U ~ ~ T I T Y IX TERTE OF THE

PROBLEF S IMPORTANCE 1

(Results f o r the nine countries)

Rising pr ices

Ehergy policy

Discussions with Americans and Russians

Protection of' nature

Modernization of agricul ture

Reducing differences between regions

., ' Weight ed average.

I n favour of. jo in t h o p e a n action

811 interviewees (follow up)

71 $

7 0

67

67

53

51

69 I 28 i

67 I I 36

I

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3. the person interviewed showed a personal in teres t i n the problems

facing the Community:

Replies favouring “combined action” were more frequent when

PFSFEXEXCE ACCORDED TO CONBIITED ACTION BY THE

C O P J D ~ ? I T Y IN !FERMS OF INTEREST II$ COMHlJXITY PROBLENS

1 (Results fo r the nine countries)

Rising prices

Ebergy policy

Discussions with Americans a n d Russians

Protection of nature

Modernization of agricul ture

Reducing differences between regions

In favour of jo in t European action

All interviewees (follow up)

71 %

70

67

67

53

51

‘Very interested” ifÏ Community problems

78 %

80

79

76

63

63

Not at a l l interested” i n Community gFoblems

58 %

55

50

54

41

39

’ Weight ed average.

c

z

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INDEPENENT ACTION BY EACH GOVEFE?T433",

INTERGOVEmmAL COOPERATION

OR EE POLITICAT, UNIFICATION OF WIIOPE

A s e r i e s of f u r t he r questions followed t o induce those interviewed

t o explain the nature and strength of t h e i r fee l ings about the

un i f ica t ion of Europe, and about the European Community, as it

e x i s t s at present i n t he form of t he "Common Plarket".

1 .

been asked i n September 1973, and i n some countries i n 1972 o r 1970:

"All things considered, a r e YOU i n favour of t he unif icat ion of

Europe, apa i n s t i t , o r indifferent?"

The first of these was a general question which had already

In the Comunits as a whole, seven out o f t en interviewed (69%) were i n favour of the unif icat ion of Eurcpe, and one against (9$), while two were e i t he r indif ferent (15%) o r f a i l e d t o reply (7$).

Here t o o there were differences between the s i x or ig ina l member

countries and t he three new members:

(a ) I n the Six, three-quarters of those interviewed (76%) were

"very much i n favour" o r "sonewhat i n favour" of t he unifi-

cation of Europe, viz. only marginally more i n 1975 thar, i n

7970.

( b ) In t h e United Kingdom, only half were "very much i n favour"

o r "somewhat i n favour" ( 5 @ ) , 5ut the cumber of those "ver;-

much ir, favour" doubled between Septem'oer 1973 and &y 1975.

(c) In Ireland, those i n favour s l i gh t l y outnumbered those i n t he

United Kingdom (57$), and increased s l i gh t l y as compared with

1973

( d ) In Denmark, those i n favour were s t i l l i n the minority (42%)

but showed a sl ight increase as compared with 1973.

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Febmaq$Wch S e p t em ber 1970 1973

b % 34 35

40 36

1 1 15

4 3

2 2

9 9

1 O0 1 O0

-Very much in favour - Somewhat in f avow - Indifferent - Somewhat against -Very much against - Dontt know

T o t a I

N

saas %

1975

39

37

14

3

1

6

1 O0

- Very much in favour - Somewhat in favour - Indifferent - Somewhat against - Very much against - Dontt know

T o t a I

N

d 18

- Very much in favour - Somewhat in favour - Indifferent

5 % 14 28

19

24

12

10

17

1 O0

1028

8752 1 9153 I 5993

23

24

15

15

9

1 O 0

1933

GREAT BRITAIN (1972-1973) UNITED KINGDOM (1975)

October Sept ember 19723 I 1973

Sept ember 1973

% 17

28

18

22

19

1 1

11

9

1 O0 -

1328

IRELAND

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- Somewhat against

- Very much against

- Dontt know

Tota I

N

See Tables 5, 5(a) and 5(b) of Annex.

' Weigblt ed average.

2Population aged 16 and over.

'Population aged 18 and over. Social Surveys (Gallup P o l l ) . The Daily Telemaph, 9 and 10 Kovember 1972.

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2. European Parliament: "One of the main proposals is to elect a

European Parliament in &y 1978, in other words in three years' time, by a popular vote of all the citizens in the Member States of the European Community (the Common Market). for or wainst this proposal?"'

This was followed by a more specific question on electing the

Are you, yourself,

In the Community as a wholel 63% of those mestioned were forl 18% apainst and 19% did not know. the percentage of those in favour was as high as TI$, while in

Ireland, the United Kingdom and Denmark it dropped to as low as

55, 41 and 35% respectively.

In the six original member countries,

As compared with September 1973, the percentage of those in favour was 10 points up in the six original member countries and Ireland, and 8 up in the United Kingdom. in Denmark, although the number o f don't-knows increased

2 considerably .

There was no significant change

See Tables 6, 6(a) and 6(b) of h e x .

Support for the proposal gained 87% of the votes cast (excluding don't-knows) in the six original member countries, 71% in Ireland, 51% in Denmark and 49% in the United Kindgom.

If a referendum were to be held on this cmestion, the result would be a majority in favour of electing the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage in all member countries, with the exception of the United Kingdom, where those against would have a marginal victorz. (See Fig. 1 below.)

'An official decision on the election of the European Parliament by universal suffrage, one of the objectives laid down by the Treaty of Rome (19:7), should be reached ir, 1976. The election itself is scheduled for Nay, 1978. (See the communiqué issued at the close of the Paris Summit Meeting, 9 axld 10 December 1974, and the draft convention prepared by the European Parlianent in January 1975. )

refusal to express an opinion, or uncertainty as to whether to vote for o r against. It is frequently due to an unwillingness to vote against what is considered the majority opinion. In this particular case it is interesting to note that the increase in the don't-knows i3 Denmark corresponded almost exactly to the decrease in the number of those voting against the election. philosophy.

2Failure to reply may be equated either with absence of personal involvement, deliberate

This could probably be interpreted as stemming from a "wait and see"

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LE MARCHE COMMUN: BONNE CHOSE OU MAUVAISE CHOSE?

THE COMMON MARKET: A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?

Mai / May 1975

100%

90

80.

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

O

Major i t é / M a j o r i t y

Minori,?-é / M i n o r i t y

DANPIARK Uh I TED IRELAND SEL6. DEUTSCt-LAND FR4NCE ITAL I A LUX. IIEDERLPND K I PCDOM

1973 / 1975

I x v x 'L'

1973 1974 1974 1975

IX v x v 1973 1974 1974 1975

I X V X V

1973 1974 1974 1975

I X V X V

1973 1974 1974 1975 100%

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

2c

10

@

71 T SREAT B2 I TA I N/

UN I TED K I I\lCf.G?4 I RCLAND LES S I X

T i S I X

( 1 ) Sur c e n t personnes q u i se prononcent dans un sens ou dans l ' a u t r e / Emr'ne &ose a Gooc t h i n s Out of eve ry hundred peop le g i v i n g an o p i n i o n one way o r t h e o t h e r .

"suva ise chose pac + h i n ;

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- Completely favour

- Favour on the whole

- Disagree i n general

- Disagree completely

- Don't know

T o t a I

N

ATTITUDE TO THE ELECTION OF A EUROPEAN PARLI"

BY DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUF!FRAGE

DENMaRK I RELAND

Sept ember Kay Sept ember &Y

z % % %

1973 1975 1973 1975

20 15 15 20

16 20 30 35

18 12 17 13

25 21 14 9

21 32 24 23

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1199 1073 1199 1 O00 -

I . . - I I

% I I - Completely favour

- Favour on the whole

- Disagree i n general

- Disagree completely

- Don't know

T o t a i

N I 8752 91 53 I 5993

Completely favour

Favour on the whole

Disagree i n general

Disagree completely

Don't know

T o t a i

N

GREAT BR lTA fN (1970-1973) I UNITED KINGDOM (1975)

'Weighted average. 'Population aged 16 and over. 3Population aged 18 and over. Louis Harris Research. The D a i l y Exmess, 1 7 Karch 1970.

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3. The last in this series of questions was one which had already been asked in Euro-Barometer No 2 of October/November 1974, person interviewed to choose one of three political formulae:

inducing the

"Taking into account the meat Droblems facing (your country) at this time, which of these three ways would you prefer to solve the problems?" The interviewee was then presented with three formulae: inter-governmental cooperation or the political unification of Europe with election of a single Parliament evolving quickly into a true European Government

national independence,

In the Community as a whole, four people out of 10 interviewed (41%) were in favour of inter-governmental cooperation, with 3 in IO (29%) in favour of an elected Parliament and a true European Government, while 2 in 10 (18%) opted for complete national independence.

These results varied only slightly from those obtained in October/November

1974, but reactions differed quite considerably from country to country:

(a) In the six original member countries, an average of 36% of those interviewed - as many as 4% in Italy - were in favour of what could be termed the flsupra?ational" governmental cooperation.

formula and 37% in favour of inter-

(b) In the three new member countries, the "supranational" formula received only 7 to 1% of the votes, while 5 or 6 out of 10 opted for cooperation.

See Table 7 of Annex and Euro-Barometer No 2, Table 4.

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CHOICE OF FORMULA TO SOLVE TRE PROBLENS OUR COITTRIES ARE FACED WITH

(Results f o r the nine countries)'

Oct/Nov. 1974

% A. The Government should ac t

independently i n the country's own best i n t e re s t s 21

B. The nine countries of the

Common Market should get

together before taking

action but each Governsent

should have the f i n a l say on

what happens i n i t s own

country

C. It w i l l be necessary f o r a l l

the ci t izens of the member

countries t o e lec t a single

Parliament and f o r t h i s t o

evolve quickly in to a t rue

European Government

- None of these

- Don't know

Tot al

N

39

27

4

May 1975

%

18

41

29

4

8

1 O0 - -

9394

~

'Weighted average.

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CHOICE OF POLITICAL FORMULA

THE SIX AND TtIE NEW MEXEXR COUNTRIES .

RESULTS F'OR THE SIX ORIGINAL MEMBER COUNTRIES'

October-November 1974 May 1975

R 14

P 14

37

36

5

8

A. National independence B. Inter-governmental

C. European Parliament and cooperation

Government - None of these - Don't know

38

34

4

10

T o t a I 1 O 0 I 1 O0

5993 591 9 N I l RELAND GR. BRITAIN ( ' 7 3 )

UN. KINGDOM ( ' 7 5 ) ..-

%Y 1975

%Y 1975

sc t /nov . 197a 1975

oc t / nov 1971

% 20

51

7

5

17

o c t / n o v 1974

% 43

41

9

1

6

1 O0

% 19

46

7

5

23

% 32

57

9

2

% 33

50

10

1

6

5 30

60

8

2

A. National independence B. Inter-governmental

C . European Parliament and cooperation

Government - None of these - Don't know

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 T o t a I 1 O0

1100 1039 1328 1073 1 O00 1 O00 N

Weighted average.

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The pro-European replies were consistent for all three questions, and also corresponded t o the degree of interest shown in the problems facing the European Community.

(a) As might have been expected, those very much in favour of European unification a l s o tended to support election of the European Parliament by universal suffrage (63% of all interviewes in the nine countries); European unification were a l s o in favour of such election.

however some of the opponents of

(b) Similarly, those in favour of European unification a l s o tended to support the %upranational" formula, (2% of those interviewed).

(c) The distribution of votes on the subject of interest in the problems of the C o m i t y was even more significant: of all those questioned, 26% were "very interested", 4@ of these being fervent supporters of unification and 2% equally ardent opponents. These resuits show that interest in the problems of Europe is relatively high among those who feel strongly about unification, particularly if they are very much in favour, but also, although to a lesser extent, if they are very much against.

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CORRELATION OF ATTITUDFS TOWARDS EUROPEAN UNI.l?CCATION,

INSTITUTIONAL FORMULA SELECTED AND INTEREST I N RTROPEAH PROBLEMS .

~

Attitude towards European unif icat ion ill those .nt erviewed ,as previou l y quoted) Jery much

in favour omewhat n favour

ndifferent r don't know

omewhat against

Kery much against

In favour of elect ion of

European Parliament by

di rec t universal suffrage

( ttcompletely favour"

"favour on the whole")

, 10% 74% 31% 17% 63% 87%

~~

I n favour of a European

Parliament and Government

(Formula C )

1 1 % 7% 29% 48% 28% 7%

17%

Very interested" i n the

problems of the European

Community

19% 28% 8% 48% 26%

5%

(459)

4%

(354)

Percentage of a l l those interviewed Weighted base

100%

(9590)

34%

(3231)

22%

(2163)

35%

(3383 )

,

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WILLINGNESS TO MAKE PERSONAL SACRIFICE

TO BRING ABOUT THE UMFICATION O F EUROPE

One question which on previous analysis had been found relevant w a s

repeated: "Would you, o r would you not , be wi l l ing t o make some

personal s ac r i f i c e - f o r example, pay a l i t t l e more taxes - t o br inc

about the un i f ica t ion of Europe?rtl.

The rep ly t o t h i s was aff i rmat ive ("Very will ing" o r "Fairly willingr1)

only i n the case o f those who were very much i n favour of European

unif icat ion.

w a s merely marginal.

This explains why the di f ferences between countries

I n the Community as a whole, 26% of the r ep l i e s were posi t ive , the

percentage being the same f o r the s ix or ig ina l member countries and

the United Kingdom.

There can be no clear-cut explanation as t o why a t t i t u d e s should d i f f e r ,

i n terms of when the question w a s asked, s ince the pic ture i s confused

by the presence of var iables , such as disenchantment among pro-Ehropeans

i n face of the s low progress of European un i f ica t ion , unwillingness t o

make personal s ac r i f i c e i n periods o f reduced ( o r only s l i g h t l y increased)

purchasing power, opposition t o a r i s e i n taxat ion, e tc .

The f a i r l y obvious decrease i n the number of pos i t ive r ep l i e s received

from the s i x member countries i n May 1975 as compared with 1970 i s worth

noting. This would support the view tha t the hard core pro-Europeans are

somewhat d i s i l lus ioned , even though, as we s a w above, the general corpus

of un i f ica t ion supporters remains constant.

As far as the three new member countries a re concerned, comparison with

September 1973 shows l i t t l e s i gn i f i c an t change i n the United Kingdom,

but the hard core has wil ted i n I re land and even more s o i n Denmark.

See Tables 8 t o 8c of Annex.

' In 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 the question w a s worded as follows: "Would you be wi l l ing t o m a k e some personal s a c r i f i c e - f o r example of a f inanc ia l nature - t o br ing about European unification?" .

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1 O0

8752

WILLINGNESS TO MAKE PERSONAL SACRIFICE

TO BRING ABOUT THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

8670 91 53 5993

.. Very will ing

- Fair ly wil l ing

- Not very wil l ing

- Not at a l l wil l ing

- Don't know

To ta I

N

October 1972 ( 3 )

% 2

15

19

54

19

- Very will ing

- Fair ly wil l ing

- N o t very wil l ing

- Not at a l l wil l ing

- Don't know

September 1973 Kiy 1975

% 7 4 4

23 22

21 20

44 47

8 7

T o t a I 1 O0

1028 N

1 O0 1 O0

1923 1320

- Very will ing

- Fair ly wil l ing

- Not very wil l ing - - Not at a l l wil l ing

- Don't know

September 1973

e 7

29

28

30

6

1 O0

1199

- T o t a I

May Sept ember Kay 1975 1973 1975

% ;a %

3 2

21 15

30 22 17

8

32

40 30 55

13 8 4

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1075 1199 1 O00 N

~ ~ ~ ~~ ~

RESUL'I'S FOR THE SIX ORIGINAL MENBER COUNTRIES'

February/ September March 1970 I 1971 I 1973

I I I

% 8

27

22

34

9

$ 10

23

20

P 7

34

22

26

1 1

7 6

20

25

42

7

I RELAND I DEXHAHK

'Weighted average. 'Population aged 16 and over. 'Population aged 18 and over,

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FROM THE COM€IoN MARKET

TO THE PLAN FOR EUROPW POLITICAL UNION

On the basis of previous pol ls it w a s thought that attachment t o the

"Common Market" and/or the "Ehropean Communityt1 i n the s i x original

member countries was growing as time went on, o r , i n any case, w a s

s t ab i l i s i ng around a higher level , whereas the shock of joining

appeared so f a r t o be having the opposite effect , i n the three new

member countries.

The May 1975 resu l t s have new and important contributions t o make t o each o f the three questions we are about t o examine.

1. The Common Market:

I n the s ix or iginal member countries, s i x out of ten of those (63%) interviewed considered the European Community ( Vommon Market") t o be

a "good thing".

the two 1974 pol ls , and s t i l l at the September 1973 level. The

percentage of those opposed t o the Community remains very low but

the number of people who are indif ferent , o r hes i t a te t o express any

opinion has increased noticeably.

a good thing o r a bad thing;?'

The proportion i s s l i gh t l y lower as compared with

In the United Kingdom posit ive response t o the Common Market i s more

frequent than ever:

of those against which is tending t o fa l l as compared with 1973 and

1974. 6% of the votes cast ( t o t a l repl ies , "good thing" o r %ad thing"),

corresponding t o the way the voting went i n the referendum on 5 June.

47% of those interviewed; and it is the proportion

It w i l l be noted tha t the Bri t i sh votes i n favour represent

I n Denmark. as i n Ireland, favourable rep l ies are decreasing as

compared with September 1973, but 5% of the I r i s h think the Common Market

a good thing, as against only 3% of Danes.

Coming back t o the referendum, it can be sa id that , out of every hundred

people expressing an opinion one way o r the other, the majority i n a l l

countries ranging from 93; i n the s i x original member countries t o 71%

i n Ireland, 6% i n the United Kingdom and 5% i n Denmark favour the

European Community ( Wommon Marketft)( c. f. Figure 2 on the next page , and

Tables 9 and 9a i n the Annex).

lllGenerally speaking, do you think tha t Br i t i sh me-af European Community (Common Market) i s a good thing, a bad thing, o r nei ther pood nor b a b l " ln 1y.[2 and Iy'(3 only the words "Common Market" were used.

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F i g . 2

FAUT-IL ELlRE UN PARLEMENT EUROPEEN AU SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL?/

SHOULD A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BE ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE? ( 1 )

loo$ - -

90

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

O

Mai / May 1975

n

DANMARK UN ITED K I NGDOM

. I X v 1973 1975 m

I RELAND BELG. DEUTSCHLAND FRANCE ITALIA

1970 - 1975 I X v IX v

1973 1975 1973 1975

LUX. NEDERLAND

I I I X v 1970 1973 1975

( 1 ) Sur c e n t personnes q u i se prononcent dans un sens ou dans l ' a u t r e /

Out of eve ry hundred peop le g i v i n g an o p i n i o n one way or t h e o t h e r . Ou i 0 Yes

DANMARK GREAT BRITAIhIy I RELAND UN I TED KI NGDOM

LES S I X / THE SIX

Non No

- 33 -

%

63

4

19

14

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ( llCOMNiON MARKET1') :

A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING?

% 67

6

18

9

- A good th ing

- A bad t h i n g

- Neither good nor bad

Don't know

% 69

6

17

8

Tota I

N

% 63

5

24

8

1 ALL SIX ORIGINAL Nt3MBEIIS' -

~~

1 O0

91 53

September November 1973 1 % 1 1974

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

5723 5919 5993

- Good t h i n g

- Bad th ing

- Neither good nor bad

- Don't know

Tota I

N

GREAT BRITAIN (1972-1974) U N I T E D KINGDOE4 (1975)

October Sept ember November EJIaY 1 97Z2 1973 1974 1974 1975

R % R P % 40 31 33 36 47

21 34 39 35 21

22 22 19 20 19

17 13 9 9 13

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1028 1933 1031 1039 1328

DENh4ARK

Sept. %Y NOV. &y

% % % d - Good t h i n g 42 35 33 36

- Bad t h i n g 30 31 35 25

- Neither good nor bad 19 24 25 28

- Don't know 9 10 7 1 1

Total 100 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

N 1199 1168 1100 1073

1973 1974 1974 1975

~

I RELAND

Sept. &Y Nov. &Y 1973 1974 1974 1975

d % P % 56 48 50 50

15 25 24 20

21 19 22 25

8 8 4 5

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1199 1 O00 1 O00 1 O00

~-

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1 2. If the Common Market were scrapped ... c t

This is by way of being a control question f o r repl ies t o the one prececi-

ing.

sorting out at t i tudes which are favourable, but rather vague o r superficial, from those which are more clear-cut and thought-out.

Logically, the proportion of positive answers here ("very sorry")

should be lower therefore than f o r the positive repl ies (na good thing"),

t o the question preceding.

Analysis of previous resul ts has shown how useful it c m be i n

I n the s ix original member countries 53% of those questioned would be

ttvery sorryn i f t h e i r country lef t the &ropean C o d t y .

a percentage very s l ight ly lower than i n 1974, but higher than i n

September 1973 and July 1971, which tends t o confirm that favourable

at t i tudes t o the Community are growing among &ropeans who have been

l iving i n it f o r a long time.

This i s

I n the United Ungdom the movement of public opinion i n favour of the

Common Market finds support here i n the fact that the reply *'very sorrytt

(41%) i s 10 points up on the November 1974 figure and 21 points up on

Sept ember 1 973.

I n Ireland (45%) and Denmark (33%), there i s l i t t l e noticeable difference

from previous polls. The level i n Ireland i s considerably higher than

i n September 1973 but somewhat below the November 1974 level.

are levelling out a l i t t l e above where they were before.

The Danes

See Tables 10 and 10a i n the Annex.

',If you were t o be to ld tomorrow that Britain w a s leaving the Common Market, would you be very sorry about i t , indiffe-ant o r relieved?" I n 1971, 1972 and 1973 the question was phrased as follows:

scrapped . . "If you were t o be to ld tomorrow that the Common Market was t o be

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ATTITUDES IF THE EUROPEAN COPIMUNITY WERE SCRAPPED

("COMMON MARKEP)

ALL SIX ORIGINAL MEM13ERS1

July 1971

$ 44

40

Very sorry

Indiff erent

Relieved

Don't know

T o t a l

N

September 1973 May 1974 November 1974

% % % 41 56 56

36 26 27

Very sorry

Indifferent

Relieved

Don% know

Total

N

5 10

Very sorry

Indifferent

Relieved

Don't know

Total

N

4 4

15 13 14

ktober 19722 September 1973 May 1974 November 1974

% % % % 26 20 24 31

13

9

1 O0 1 O0

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

1028 1933 1031 1039

1 O0 1 O0

&Y 1975

8670

% 53

31

4 12

9153 5723 5919

1 O0

5993

975)

-%- &Y 1975

41

27

23

9

Sept. &y NOV WY Sept. May NOV

11973 I974 1 1974 1975 1973 1974 1974 7; o % % % % %

27 33 37 38 48

29 27 24 22 40 27 22

30

26 17 28 24

27 i

19 16 7 1 6

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 100 I 100 - 1 O0

1100 1073 1199 1 O00 1 O00

1 O0

1328

1975 % 46

32

19

4

1 O0

1 O00

Weight ed average

2Population 18 years and over

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1 3. Towards European po l i t i c a l union ... This question, which has already been asked i n a s l i gh t l y different my, is

more specif ic than the one concerning general a t t i tudes towards European

unification. It does, of course, bear on a forthcoming draf t plan:

"Poli t ical Uniontf, adopted i n principle by the Heads of Government i n

October 1972 as "European Unionff, and confirmed i n December 1973 and

December1974*; but t h i s is now beginning t o be referred t o i n the press,

mainly because of d i s cus s ioqand the report requested from IVr Tindemans,

the Belgian Prime Minister, by h i s colleagues. Though the general public.

still does not know very much about it al l , and even l e s s about the way

it is being prepared, nevertheless, as can be seen, the ftdonet knowstt

amount t o over 25% i n the Netherlands and Belgium only; the average f o r

the whole Community being 2 q 0 and roughly the same as that i n Germany,

France, I t a l y and the United Kingdom.

In the Community as a whole, 59% o f those interviewed favour se t t ing up

a European po l i t i c a l union; 21% a re against; and 2 q 0 donet know. These

resu l t s a re a l i t t l e more favourable than those obtained i n September 1973: 54$, 24s and 2 8 .

I n the s ix o r ig ina l member countries, as might have been expected, many

more are i n favour: 67% of those interviewed being f o r , and 13% against,

while 2% fai l t o reply.

from those of February 1970. It remains t o be seen whether any advance

w i l l take place as the plan fo r European Union becomes clearer, and the

deadline f o r i ts creation (1980) approaches.

The resu l t s show surprisingly l i t t l e change

This seems f a i r l y probable.

The favourable repl ies i n Ireland and the United Kingdom a r e almost

identical: 37% and 36%. same as i n September 1973, but i n the United Kingdom it has r i s en by

ten points.

I n Ireland, the percentage is pract ical ly the

'"Are you f o r o r e i n s t the European C o m n i t y (Common Market) developirq in to a po l i t i c a l European Union between now and 1980?" and 1972: ... the Common Market developing po l i t i c a l l y in to a United Sta tes of Europe?" I n 1973: ... the Common &irket developing in to a po l i t i c a l European union?Il did not appear i n the English version of the questionnaire.

I n 1970, 1971

In 1975 the words "between now and 1980"

2The Heads of Government o f the Member States made it t h e i r main a i m "to transform before the end of the present decade the whole complex of the$r re la t ions in to a European union." ( 19-20 October 1972) . P a r i s Summit comf ique

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A s before, we are assuming there has been a European referendum.

Out of a hundred people i n the whole Community who express an opinion

one way o r the other, 74 favour the development of a European pol i t ica l

union.

o r i p i n a l member countries, followed by Ireland with 4%. But t h i s majority would be obtained at present only i n the s i x

The resul ts of the next Euro-barometer w i l l be part icular ly interesting

from t h i s point of view; we shal l see whether a majority vote is

obtained not only i n the Community as a whole, but a l s o i n a l l the

member countries individually.

See Figure 3 on the next page, and also Tables 11 t o I le , annexed.

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F i g . 3

100 8-

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

O

FAUT-IL PROGRESSER VERS L'UNION POLITIQUE DE L'EUROPE? / SHOULD ONE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE POLITICAL UNION OF EUROPE? ( 1 ) -

Mai / May 1975

DANMARK UN I TED I RELAND BELG. DEUTSCHLAND FRANCE ITALIA LUX. NEDERLAND K I NGDOM

DANMARK GREAT BR I TA I N/ I RELAND LES S I X / THE SIX UNITED KINGDOM

( 1 ) Sur c e n t personnes q u i se prononcent dans un sens ou dans l ' a u t r e / O u t of every hundred peop le g i v i n g an o p i n i o n one way o r t h e o t h e r .

Oui n y e s

Non No

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~~ ~~

IRELAND

September 1973 &y 1975 % % 11 11

24 26

I9 19

22 19

24 25

1 O0 l O0

1199 1 O00

I-

- .-

IWeighted average zPopulation aged ' and over 3Population aged 18 and over, Louis Harris Research (1970) and Social Surveys (Gallup P o l l ) (1972).

ATTITUDESTOWARDS DEVEL0P"T OF THE C O I " I T Y

IWPO A EDROPEAN POLITICAL UNION

r"

-

Completely favour

Favour on the whole

Disagree i n general

Disagree completely

Don't know

T o t a l

N

February 19702 $

1 70 1 ) ) )

10

20

1 O 0

8752

Completely favour

Favour on the whole

Disagree i n general

Disagree completely

Don't know

Total

N

July 1971 September 1973 May 1975 4'. 5 % 34 29 28

30 34 39

9 9 9

5 5 4

22 23 20

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

8670 9153 5993

Completely favour

Favour on the whole

Disagree i n general

Disagree completely

Don't know

T o t a l

N

18

23

22

23

GREAT BRITAIN ( 1970-1 97 3)

Jan.-F?b. 1970

5 )

1 30

1 48 1

22

1 O0

2147

October 19723

14

21

23

16

26

d

1 O0

DENMllRK

1028

September 1973 % 11

17

26

32

14

I O0

1199

-.--

- -c

--I

&Y 1975 "70

7

74

22

32

25

I O 0

1073

-- ----

~ ~~

UNITED KINGDOM (1975)

Sept ember 1973

8 1 14

31 I 23

20 I l8

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Using the repl ies (analysed above) t o the question as t o willingness t o

make some personal sacr i f ice t o bring about the unification of &rope,

a check was kept t o see how consistent favourable a t t i tudes towards

European Union were.

The resu l t s are8 out of a hundred who state they are i n favour of

European Union (i.e. s ix out of ten interviewed) 36 would be very

will ing or f a i r l y will ing t o make some personal sacr if ice , as against

only 2s among the public as a whole; conversely, out of 100 not i n

favour of po l i t i ca l union, 64% are not very will ing o r not at al l will ing t o make such a sacr if ice .

The following table summarises the resul ts :

Personal sacrifice:

willing not very, or not at a11 willing1

I n favour of European p o l i t i c a l Union 64% (5s of the t o t a l ) > I n relat ion t o the overall kropean sample, a t t i tudes towards &ropean Union can be c lass i f ied as follows:

I. Very favourable, would even make a personal sacr i f ice 21%

II. Favourable, but without going so far as t o make a personal sacr i f ice 38%

III. Somewhat unfavourable, unfavourable o r no view on the subject 41% -

Total 1 00%

(Weighted base) (9591 )

'Including 6% don't knows

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"BRITAIN I N EXJROPEL . .'I L a s t november a question was asked as t o the possible consequences of

a Bri t ish decision t o withdraw from the Community . except i n Great Britain, Deimark and part icular ly Ireland, the

European public did not seem t o think a possible withdrawal was a l l

that serious, e i ther because it did not believe it would happen or

because it was incapable of imagining what the consequences would be

f o r the future unification of Ehrope.

the s ix original member countries did not think it would have any

effect at a l l , or fa i led t o reply.)

1 Everywhere,

(Six out of ten interviewed i n

I n May 1975 the question was put the other w w round: "The Bri t ish

w i l l soon be having a referendum t o decide whether o r not t h e i r c o u n t 2

w i l l s tay i n the &ropean Community (Common Market).

t o remain members of the Community do you think that t h i s w i l l have

p o d resul ts , bad resul t s or no resul t s at a l l for the future of the

unification of &rope?"

If they decide

I n the Community as a whole, 38% of those interviewed think tha t the

United Kingdom's remaining i n the Community wil l have good results.

This opinion is most widespread i n Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Strangely enough, it is most often the bemburgers and the Dutch

who do not expect any good resul t s from the United Kingdom's presence.

Again, i n a l l member countries, even the United Kingdom and Ireland,

a large section of the public takes refuge i n a doubtful reply, or fails t o reply at all: t h i s i s the case with six out of ten Belgians.

See Table 12, annexed.

'See aro-barometer NO 2, pp 15-16

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WOMEN AND "PE

A ser ies of questions have been asked, i n conjunction with those i n

t h i s kro-barometer Ro 3, concerning the at t i tudes of women and men

towards society, the position of women and the unification o f Ehrope.

The repl ies w i l l be published la ter , but here are the answers received

t o the following question: "Do you think the development o f the Bxropean

C o d t y (Common Market) would have a s o d o r bad effect , o r no

effect at a l l on the s i tuat ion of women?"

Only i n I t a l y and Ireland do more than 50% of those interviewed think

it would have a good ef fec t o

information, and more specifically because it does not see much

connection between the development of the Community and a change i n

society, the public mostly takes refuge i n a non-commital reply,

o r none at all.

Doubtless because o f lack of

See Table 13, annexed.

*

* *

- 43 -

IN CONCLUSION

The results of Ehro-barometer No 3 are of special in te res t because

of the time at which the survey was carried out: during a period of economic d i f f icu l ty , on the eve of the Bri t ish referendum, and a few

months before discussions on electing the &ropean Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and on &ropean Union, came in to the news.

1.

results of successive pol ls confirm the value of the technique: on questions tha t l i e outside the scope of public opinion, as governed

by the information media (press, radio and television) i n terms of

events and the importance they attach t o them, there i s a surprising consistency of a t t i tude , not only i n the Community as a whole, but in each individual country.

The first conclusion we can draw i s tha t comparison of the

Again, most of the changes obsemed i n the course of time i n any given country have an explanation.

t o reveal but mostly they simply confirm.

Sometimes surveys do have things

2. favourable i n most member countries as a result of inf la t ion o r unemployment, or both, a t t i tudes to the Common Market, the &ropean Community and plans f o r atropean Udon (including the plan f o r election t o the &ropean Parliament by direot universal suffrage) are largely

posit ive i n the six original Community countries (Belgium, France, G e r m a n y , I t a ly , Iuxembourg and the Netherlands). t ha t the Community is accepted as a fact and that it can count on, i f not active support, which has scarcely any opportunity of being

expressed a~ far as the atropean ins t i tu t ions a re concerned, then at l eas t widespread support, a consensus, which apparently has so l id

backing.

Despite the socio-economic situation, which i s very far f r o m

This is a sign

3. much in teres t on the part of the general public, except i n the United Kingdom, where people have just been asked t o vote "for" or "against", and has voted: two t o one i n favour.

The Community, and the problems it deals with, do not arouse

- 44 -

The United Kingdom a l so shows a definite increase i n favourable

attitudes as compared with former polls: a sign that by arousing

or strengthening interest, poli t ical discussion may arouse or strengthen such favourable attitudes.

4. point of view but, generally speaking, I r ish attitudes remain close

t o those i n the six original member countries.

The situation i n Ireland and Denmark is not so good f r o m t h i s

5. referendum as the British have done, the ntropean Community would probably be supported by the majority of citizens i f not by the

majority i n each member country.

To sum UP, i f the populations o f the Community countries held a

The following table i s therefore intended t o provide an overall view of &ropean public opinion i n May 1975:

I I 1 Out of 100 opinions expressed

the Six

Is the Common Market a good or a bad thing?

Good Bad

Should the &ropean Parliament be elected by universal suffrage?

I Yes 8% NO 13

Should progress be sought towards the poli t ical union of &rope?

Yes NO

84% 16

Ireland

71% 29

71% 29

4% 51

United Kingdom

49$ 51

44% 56

DenmarE - 5% 41

51 % 49

28% 72

'Excluding abstentions , indifferent replies and '*dontt knows"

EURO-BAROMETRE No 3 EURO-BAROMETER N r 3

ANNEXES ET TABLEAUX DETAILLES / APPENDIX AND DETAILED TABLES

- A l -

- ..

r

NOMBRE DE PERSONNES INTERROGEES / NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTERVIEWED

F i e I d-work

Be lg ique / B e l g i ë ( B l 1507 9 - 20 mai / May

Danmark (Da) 1073 3 - 1 1 mai / May

Deutsch land (De) 1039 12 - 23 mai / May

France ( F l 1 O00

I r e I and ( I r ) 1 O00

l t a l i a ( I t ) 1043

Luxembourg ( L I 31 1

2 - 20 mai / May

1 - 16 maì / May

9 - 23 mai / May

5 - 27 mai / May

Neder I and ( N I 1093 20 mai / May

Un i t ed Kingdom ( U K ) I 328 9 - 20 mai / May

Tota I 93 94 -

NOTES TECHNIQUES

1 . I 1 e s t r appe lé au l e c t e u r que,

dans les enquêtes par sondage,

on d o i t t e n i r compte d 'une cer-

t a i n e marge pour e r r e u r d'échan-

ti I lonnage. Avec des echan t i I l o n s

de l ' o r d r e de 1000 personnes in -

terrogBes, l es d i f f é r e n c e s de

pourcentages i n f é r i eures à 5%

ne d e v r a i e n t pas 6 t r e normalement

considérées comme s t a t i s t i q u e -

ment s i g n i f i c a t i v e s .

2. Dans tous les tab leaux, l a

colonne CE/EC donne l a moyenne

pour l 'ensemble des personnes

i n t e r rogées dans les neuf pays,

moyenne pondérée s u i v a n t I ' e f f e c -

t i f de l a popu la t i on dgée de 15

ans e t p l u s dans chacun des pays:

TECHN I CAL NOTES

1 . Readers a re reminded t h a t i n survey

research, one should a l l o w a c e r t a i n

margin f o r sampl ing e r r o r . With a sample

o f 1,000 cases, percentage d i f f e r e n c e s

o f l ess than 5 p o i n t s would n o t norma l l y

be regarded as s t a t i s t i c a l l y s i g n i f i c a n t .

~ 2. I n a l l t a b l e s t h e column CE/EC g i v e s

t h e mean score f o r d l l people in te rv iewed

i n t h e n i n e coun t r i es , weighted i n terms

o f popu la t i on aged 15 and over o f each

Commun i t y coun t r y : ~

- A2 -

% M i I I ¡e rs / Thousands

Be lg ique / B e l g i ë

Danmark

Deutsch land

France

I r e l a n d

I t a l i a

Luxembourg

Neder I and

Un i t e d K i ngdom

3. Toutes l es données r e l a t i v e s aux

Euro-Baromètres son t déposées aux

" Be lg ian Arch ives f o r t h e Soc ia l

Science" (Van Evens t raa t 2A, B-3000

Leuven). E l l e s son t tenues à l a d i s -

p o s i t i o n des organismes membres du

European Consort ium f o r P o l i t i c a l

Research (Essex), du I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y

Conso r t i um. fo r P o l i t i c a l Research

(Mich igan) e t des chercheurs j u s t i -

f i a n t d 'un i n t é r ê t de recherche.

7 492

3 804

47 052

38 420

2 031

40 601

2 62

9 554

42 412

3.91

1.99

24.55

20.05

1 .O6

21.19

O. 14

4.98

22.13

191 628 100.00

3. A l l Euro-Barometre da ta a re s to red

a t t h e Be lg ian Arch ives fo r t h e Soc ia l

Science (Van Evens t raa t ZA, 6-3000

Leuven). They a re a t t h e d isposa l

o f a l l i n s t i t u t e s members o f t h e Euro-

pean Consort ium f o r P o l i t i c a l Research

(Essex), o f t h e I n t e r - U n i v e r s i t y Con-

so r t i um f o r P o l i t i c a l Research (Mich igan)

and o f a l l those i n t e r e s t e d i n s o c i a l

sc ience research.

1 I a l ,

Tableau 1 / Table 1 - A3 -

LA PRINCIPALE PREOCCUPATION DU PUBLIC EN MAI 1975 /

THE PUBLIC'S MAIN CONCERN IN MAY 1975 ( 1 )

B F I r :E/EC Da De I t

%

25

6

35

14

12

8

L

%

28

5

22

10

16

19

N UK

I g

13

5

53

6

1 1

12

1 O0

%

30

5

19

1 1

10

25

%

40

8

23

14

3

12

%

20

4

26

19

20

1 1 O

%

10

3

63

10

4

10

%

22

5

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10

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33

%

25

6 &

33

13

1 1

12

%

25

7

18

13

9

28

1 O0

- Problèmes personnels ou f a m i l i a u x de santé / Personal o r f am i l y pro- blems, hea l t h

- Logement / Housing

- P r i x , sa l a i r e , budget f a m i l i a l /

- Travai I ou chômage / Work,

- Autres problèmes / Other

- Sans réponse / No r e p l y

Pr ices, wages, fami l y budget

unemp I oyment

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I

N 1507 1073 1039 1 O00 1 O00 1043 31 1 1093 1328 9394

(1, Q. 1: "Quels sont les problèmes qui personnel lement vous préoccupent l e p l u s à l ' heu re a c t u e l l e ? " ( L i s t e proposée)

"What a re t h e most impor tant problems you face pe r sona l l y a t t h e moment?" (Proposed l i s t ) .

Tableau 2 / Table 2 - A4 -

L'INTERET DU PUBLIC POUR LES PROBLEMES DE LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE /

THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IN THE PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ( 1 )

Da F N B

%

9

3 9

47

5

De I r I t L UK CE/EC

%

26

48

22

4

%

27

53

19

1

1 O0

%

24

4%

27

1

%

24

46

27

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31

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35

42

19

4

%

26

47

23

4 d

%

22

50

24

4

- Beaucoup /

- Un peu /

- Pas du t o u t /

- Sans réponse /

Very i n t e res ted

A I i t t l e i n t e res ted

Not a t a l l i n t e res ted

No rep l y

~

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I

( 1 ) " I I e s t souvent ques t ion dans l a presse ( journaux, rad io , t é l é v i s i o n ) de l a Communauté européenne, appelée auSS¡

"Marché commun", 2 propos de l ' a v e n i r de ( n o t r e pays) ou des au t res pays d'Europe. Personnellement, est- ce que VOUS

vous in téressez beaucoup, un peu ou pas du t o u t aux problèmes de l a Communauté européenne?" / IlThe press (newspapers, r a d i o , . t e l e v i s i o n ) o f t en mentions t h e European Community - the Common Market- as be ing a f a c t o r

i n t h e f u t u r e of (your country) , and t h e o the r coun t r i es of Europe. Are you pe r sona l l y very in te res ted , a l l t t l e i n t e res ted ,

or n o t a t d l i n t e res ted i n t h e problems of t he European Community?"

- A5 - Tableau 2b is / Table ZA

L'INTERET DU PUBLIC POUR LES PROBLEMES DE LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE /

THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST IN THE PROBLEMS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ( 1 )

( SeDtembre / SeDternber 1973)

B Da De I t CE/EC

%

24

45

27

4

GB F

%

20

45

33

2

I r

%

27

44

29

L

%

26

54

18

2

%

10

39

46

5

~~

%

31

48

16

5

%

21

44

29

6

% %

23

43

31

3

%

29

51

19

1

1 O0

- Beaucoup /

- Un peu /

- Pas du t o u t /

- Sans réponse /

Very i n t e res ted

A l i t t l e i n t e res ted

Not a t a l l i n t e res ted

No r e p l y

23

47

27

3

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I 1 O0

1957

1 O0

330

1 O0

1933 1266 1199 2227 1199 1909 1464 ~ ~~

13 484 N

( 1 ) "Personnellement, est- ce que vous vous in té ressez beaucoup, un peu ou pas du t o u t aux problèmes de l a Communauté européenne?" / "Are you persona l l y very in te res ted , a l i t t l e in te res ted , o r n o t a t a l l i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e problems of t h e European Community

- t h a t i s t h e Common Market?"

Tableau 3 / Table 3 - A6 -

L'IMPORTANCE RELATIVE DES PROBLEMES DONT S'OCCUPE LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE /

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF PROBLEMS THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IS DEALING WITH ( 1 )

A. Créer une monnaie européenne u n i f i é e qu i remp lacera i t t ou tes les monnaies des pays membres / Repiacing i t le cu r renc ies of al! member coun t r i es w i t h a s i n g l e European currency

- Très impor tant /

- Important

- Assez impor tant /

- Pas impor tant du t o u t /

- Sans réponse /

Very impor tant

O f I i tt l e importance

Not a t a l l impor tant

No r e p l y

Tota I

0

%

19

24

17

16

24

1 O0

Da

%

8

15

24

27

26

1 O0

De

%

23

32

23

12

10

1 O0

F

%

22

31

18

19

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I r

%

22

37

21

12

8

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I t

%

32

27

18

17

6

1 O0

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%

33

23

16

9

19

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N

%

17

25

16

21

21

1 O0

UK

%

15

25

19

29

12

1 O0

CE/EC

%

22

28

20

19

1 1 ~

1 O0

( 1 ) "Les neuf pays de l a Communauté europbenne (Marché commun) s ' e f f o r c e n t de résoudre en commun un c e r t a i n nombre de problèmes. En v o i c i l a l i s t e (MONTRER CARTE). Pourr iez- vous me d i r e pou r chacun de ces problèmes s ' i l vous semble t r è s impor tant , important, assez impor tant , pas Ïmportant du t ou t?"

blems. Here i s a l i s t of them. Could you t e l l me f o r each o f these problems, i f it appears very impor tant t o you, important, o f l i t t l e importance o r n o t a t a l l impor tant? (SHOW CARD)".

"The n ine coun t r i es o f t h e European Economic Community -The Common Market- a re t oge the r dea l i ng w i t h a number of shared pro-

I I

- A7 - Tableau 3 / Table 3

( S u i t e / Cont inued)

I B Da De N UK CE/EC I r I t F L ~~~

%

14

38

12

8

28

I O0

%

18

35

30

7

10

%

24

42

18

8

8

%

25

50

1 1

3

1 1

%

41

34

16

4

5

%

15

31

21

13

20

%

13

33

20

12

22

%

16

43

16

9

16

%

23

38

20

7

12

$, Réduire les éca r t s e n t r e les rég ions des pays membres en a i dan t les rég ion les moins développées / Reducing t he d i f f e rences between de- veloped reg ions and less developed reg ions of t h e member coun t r i es

- Très impor tant /

- Important

- Assez impor tant /

- Pas impor tant du t o u t /

- Sans réponse /

Very impor tant

O f l i t t l e importance

Not a t a l l impor tant

No rep l y

15

26

19

1 1

29

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- A 9 - Tableau 3 / Table 3

( S u i t e / Cont inued)

UK CE/EC B F Ir It L Da

%

18

33

1 1

9

29

1 O0

De

%

24

38

22

6

10

%

25

30

15

5

25

%

33

34

18

7

8

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40

35

12

4

9

%

23

30

16

4

27

%

29

37

17

6

1 1

1 O0

4%

35

49

7

2

7

D.. Coordonner les p o l i t i q u e s soc ia les en mat iè re d'emploi e t de format ion p ro fess i onne l l e des t r a v a i l l e u r s / Co- ord inat ing t h e s o c i a l p o l i c i e s o f t he member coun t r i es i n t h e f i e l d s o f employment and j o b t r a i n i ng

- Très impor tant /

- Important

- Assez impor tant /

- Pas impor tant du t o u t /

- Sans réponse /

Very impor tant

Of l i t t l e importance

Not a t a l l impor tant

No r e p l y

22

43

16

6

13

26

33

*1 3

7

21

1 O0 Tota I 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

- A10 - Tableau 3 / Table 3

(Suite / Continued)

B Da De Ir CE/EC It N U K

5

32

29

12

5

22

%

29

32

10

7

22

%

41

34

13

5

7

%

34

43

10

4

9

%

42

32

17

4

5

%

32

31

13

. 5

19

%

30

41

9

6

14

%

37

35

12

5

1 1

E. Réaliser une politique commune de l'approvisionnement en énergie / Implementation of a common poi 1 oii energ.y. s.upp I Ies

- Très important / - Important - Assez important /

O f little importance - Pas important d u tout /

Not at all important - Sans réponse /

No rep ly

Very important 36

34

1 1

6

13

32

28

15

2

23

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I

I l c I

- A l l - Tableau 3 / Table 3

(Suite / Continued)

B De It N

~

UK Ir Da

%

16

34

13

10

27

CE/EC L

%

23

30

16

9

22

%

22

36

18

13

1 1

%

29

49

%

54

28

14

2

2

%

31

28

13

4

24

%

25

33

16

7

19

%

29

42

1 1

6

12

%

30

35

18

7

10

%

18

33

31 .

8

10

1 O0

F. Modernlser l'agriculture euro- péenne en encourageant les ex- ploitations les plus productives tout en assurant le reclassement des agriculteurs moins favorisés / Modernisation of European agricul- ture by encouraging the most pro- ductive farms and providing re- training for people who leave agriculture

- Très important /

- Important - Assez important /

Of I i tt le importance - Pas important du tout /

Not at all important - Sans réponse /

No rep ly

Very important

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 - 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I 1 O0 1 O0

Tableau 3 / Table 3 - A12 -

(Suite / Continued)

Da De F Ir N UK CE/EC L B

%

45

25

1 1

3

16

It

%

52

27

14

4

3

%

42

33

6

4

15

%

61

25

9

3

2

%

41

44

9

3

3

%

40

24

15

4

17

B

50

24

8

*3

14

%

39

42

9

4

6

%

33

33

21

6

7

1 O0

%

46

31

13

4

6

1 O0

G . Réaliser une politique commune de protection de la nature et de lutte contre les pollutions / Introduction of a common policy for protecting nature and figh- ting pol lution

- Très important /

- Important - Assez important /

O f little importance - Pas important du tout /

Not at all important - Sans réponse /

No rep l y

Very important

Tota I 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0

I 1

- _I-

I I b

- A13 - Tableau 3 / Table 3

( S u i t e / Cont inued)

B De F Ir I t L UK CE/EC 9a N

%

21

25

21

16

%

13

31

22

22

12

%

15

22

21

18

24

%

1 1

24

19

18

28

d P

13

27

33

17

10

%

23

32

24

14

7

%

13

47

21

12

7

%

22

28

25

18

7

%

19

27

18

15

21

%

H. Réa l i se r une p o l i t i q u e commune d 'a ide aux pays sous-développés en dehors de l 'Europe

I n t r oduc t i on of a common p o l i c y d t o underdeve I oped r i es ou ts i de o f Europe

on a cou n

Très impor tant /

Impor tant

Assez impor tant /

Pas impor tant du t o u t /

Very impor tant

O f l i t t l e importance

Not a t a l l impor tant

No rep l y - Sans réponse /

17

29

26

17

1 1

1 O0

17

1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 1 O0 Tota I 1 O0 1 O0

- A14 - Tableau 3 / Table 3

( S u i t e / Cont inued)

B De F Ir I t L UK CE/EC Da

%

39

30

8

6

17

N ~

%

38

27

1 1

5

9

%

43

30

15

6

6

%

51

27

14

5

3

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%

50

29

14

4

3

%

27

24

16

10

23

%

43

26

10

7

14

%

43

36

10

5

6

%

46

30

13

5

6

%

58

32

5

2

3

1 O0

I . Protéger les consommateurs con t r e les fraudes commerciales e t l e s abus de l a p u b l i c i t é / P ro tec t i on of consumers aga ins t f r audu len t se l l i n g and mislea- d i ng adve r t i s i ng

- Très impor tant /

- Important

- Assez impor tant / Of l i t t l e importance

- Pas impor tant du t o u t / Not a t a l l impor tant

- Sans réponse / No r e p l y

Very impor tant

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- Très impor tant /

- Important

- Assez impor tant / O f l i t t l e importance

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- Sans réponse / No r e p l y

Very impor tant

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MEAN SCORES ON INTENSITY OF THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO PROBLEMS DEALT WITH BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

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1 . Hausse des p r i x / R i s i ng p r i c e s

2. P ro tec t i on de l a nature/ P ro tec t i on o f na tu re

3. P r o t e c t i o n des consommateurs / P ro tec t i on o f consumers

A . ~ ~ ! j + i q ~ p AE? !'energie / Pa t idy on energy supp I i e s

5. Négociat ions avec les Américains e t l es Russes / Negot ia t ions w i t h t h e Un i ted States and Russia

6. P o l i t i q u e soc i a l e / Socia l p o l i c y

7. Modern isat ion de l ' a g r i c u l t u r e / Modern isat ion o f a g r i c u l t u r e

8 . Ecar ts e n t r e les rég ions / D i f fe rences between reg ions

9. Aide aux pays sous-développés / A id t o underdeveloped coun t r i es

10. Monnaie européenne / European cu r r e n cy

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( 1 ) Scores ca l cu l és pour chaque pays en pondérant les pourcentages des réponses par les c o e f f i c i e n t s 3, 2, 1 , O su i van t l ' i n t e n s i t é de l ' impor tance a t t r i b u é e au problème e t en d i v i s a n t l e nombre obtenu par l e pourcentage des personnes qu i o n t donné une r6ponse. Moyenne pondérée, pour l a Communauté européenne, su i van t l a p a r t r e l a t i v e de l a popu la t i on $96, de 15 ans e t p l u s dans chaque pays. Scores ca l cu l a t ed f o r each coun t ry by we igh t ing t he percentages of t h e answers by t h e coe f f i , c i en t s 3, 2, 1 , O f o l l o w i n g t h e i n- t e n s i t y a t tached t o t h e problem and by d i v i d i n g t h e number obta ined by t h e percentage o f people hav ing g i ven an answer. Weighted, f o r t h e European Community, f o l l o w i n g t h e r e l a t i v e p a r t o f t h e popu la t i on aged 15 years and over i n each country .

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Act ion commune / Ac t ion by t h e Community

Ac t ion indépendante / Inde- pendent a c t i o n

Sans réponse / No r e p l y

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The p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e na tu ra l en- vironment and t h e s t r u g g l e aga ins t po l l u t i o n

- Ac t ion commune / Ac t i on by

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F. Se f a i r e entendre dans les d iscuss ions avec les Américains e t les Russes / To make our presence f e l t i n d iscuss ions w i th t h e Americans o r t h e Russians

- Ac t ion commune / Ac t i on by

- Ac t ion indépendante / Inde-

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- A23 - Tableau 5 / Table 5

ATTITUDE GENERALE A L'EGARD DE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE / GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 )

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Somewhat i n favour

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( 1 ) "Tout b i en considéré, êtes-vous favorable, défavorable ou i n d i f f é r e n t B l ' u n i f i c a t i o n de l 'Europe?'' / "AI1 t h i ngs considered, a re you i n favour o f t h e u n i f i c a t i o n o f Europe, aga ins t it, o r are you i n d i f f e r e n t ? "

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ATTITUDE GENERALE A LIEGARD DE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE /

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(Septembre / September 1973)

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- P l u t ô t d é f a v o r a b l e / Somewhat a g a i n s t

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- A25 - Tableau 5 t e r / Table 5 B

ATTITUDE GENERALE A L'EGARD DE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE / GENERAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 )

(Fe./Ma. 1970 ou/or Nov. 1972)

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(2) 1972: 18 ans e t p l us / 1972: 18 years and over . Soc ia l Surveys (Gal lup Pol I ) , -The Dai l y Telegraph, Nov, 9 and 10 1972.

1970: 16 ans e t p l u s / 1970: 16 years and over .

Tableau 6 / Table 6 - A26 -

ATTITUDE A L'EGARD DE L'ELECTION D'UN PARLEMENT EUROPEEN AU SUFFRAGE UNIVERSEL /

ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ELECTION OF A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BY A POPULAR VOTE ( 1 )

- Tout d f a i t pour / Completely favour

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- Sans réponse / No r e p l y

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( 1 ) "On p a r l e notamment de p r é v o i r d ' i c i t r o i s ans, en mai 1978, I ' é l e c t i o n d 'un Parlement européen au s u f f r a g e un i ve r se l d i r e c t , c 'est- à '- d i re par tous les c i toyens des pays membres de l a Communauté européenne (Marché commun). Etes-vous vous-même pour ou con t re c e t t e é I e c t i on?''

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ACTION NATIONALE INDEPENDANTE, COOPERATION INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE OU UNIFICATION POLITIQUE DE L'EUROPE /

NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ACT ION, INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CO-OPERATION OR POLITICAL EUROPEAN UNIFICAT ION ( 1 1

A. Le gouvernement (de v o t r e pays) a g i t en t o u t e indépendance au mieux de l ' i n t é r ê t n a t i o n a l / The Government ( o f y o u r c o u n t r y ) shou ld a c t i ndependen t l y i n ( c o u n t r y ' s ) own b e s t i n t e r e s t

B. Les neuf pays de l a Communauté euro- péenne se c o n c e r t e n t avan t d ' a g i r , mais chaque gouvernement n a t i o n a l conserve l e d e r n i e r mot s u r t o u t ce q u i se f e r a dans son pays / The n i n e c o u n t r i e s o f t h e Common Market shou ld g e t t o g e t h e r b e f o r e t a k i n g a c t i o n , b u t each govern- ment shou ld have t h e f i n a l say on what happens i n i t s own c o u n t r y

C. I I f a u t f a i r e é l i r e un par lement pa r t o u s l es c i t o y e n s des pays membres de l a Communauté européenne e t en a r r i v e r rap idement 2 un v é r i t a b l e gou- vernement européen / I t w i l l be necessary fo r a l l t h e c i t i z e n s of t h e member c o u n t r i e s t o e l e c t a s i n g l e p a r l i a m e n t and f o r t h i s t o e v o l v e q u i c k l y i n t o a t r u e European Government

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su ivantes qu i a u r a i t v ra iment v o t r e préférence? (MONTRER CARTE)''

"Taking i n t o account t h e g r e a t problems f ac i ng (your coun t ry ) a t t h i s t ime, which of these t h r e e ways would you p r e f e r t o so lve t he problems? (SHOW CARD)" .

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- A31 - Tableau 8 / Table 8

DISPOSITION A ACCEPTER DES SACRIFICES PERSONNELS POUR QUE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE SE FASSE / WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SOME PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 )

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No rep l y

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( 1 ) "Seriez-vous disposé ou pas B f a i r e c e r t a i n s s a c r i f i c e s personnels, par exemple payer un peu p l u s d' impôts, pour que l ' u n i - f i ca t i on de I 'Europe se fasse?"

about the u n i f i c a t i o n o f Europe?!' "Would you, o r would you not , be w i l l i n g t o make some personal s a c r i f i c e - f o r example- pay a l i t t l e more taxes t o he lp b r i n g

Tableau 8 b i s / Table 8 A - A32 -

DISPOSITION A ACCEPTER DES SACRIFICES PERSONNELS POUR QUE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE SE FASSE /

WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SOME PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 ) (Septembre / September 1973)

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- A33 - Tableau 8 t e r / Table 8 B

DISPOSITION A ACCEPTER DES SACRIFICES PERSONNELS POUR QUE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE SE FASSE /

WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SOME PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 )

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B De F I t L Les Six / The S ix

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( 2 ) Social Surveys

you, o r would spose 2 f a i r e c e r t a i n s s a c r i f i c e s personnels, par exemple su r l e p lan f i n a n c i e r ... ? ' I / Would I l i n g t o make some personal s a c r i f i c e , f o r example o f a f i n a n c i a l k i nd ... ? ' I

(Gal lup P o l l ) . The D a i l y Telegraph , November 9 and 10, 1972. Popu la t ion o f 18 years and more

- A34 - Tableau 8quater / Table 8 C

DISPOSITION A ACCEPTER DES SACRIFICES PERSONNELS POUR QUE L'UNIFICATION DE L'EUROPE SE FASSE /

WILLINGNESS TO MAKE SOME PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO HELP BRING ABOUT THE UNIFICATION OF EUROPE ( 1 )

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- A35 - Tableau 9 / Tab le 9

JUGEMENT PORTE SUR L'APPARTENANCE A LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE /

ATTITUDE TO MEMBERSHIP I N THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ( 1 )

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o r n e i t h e r good nor bad? "Generally speaking, do you t h i n k t h a t (your coun t ry ' s ) membership i n t h e Common Market i s a good t h i ng , a bad t h i ng ,

- A36 -

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CONSEQUENCES ATTENDUES DU MAINTIEN DU ROYAUME-UNI

EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM STAYING IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ( 1 )

DANS LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE /

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IlThe B r i t i s h w i l l have a referendum soon t o dec ide whether o r n o t t h e i r c o u n t r y w i l l s t a y i n t h e EEC. I f t hey dec ide t o remain i n t h e Community, do you t h i n k t h i s w i l l have good r e s u l t s , bad r e s u l t s , o r no r e s u l t s a t a l l f o r t h e f u t u r e of t h e u n i f i c a t i o n o f Europe?"

Tableau 13 / Tab le 13 - A48 -

9

LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE ET L'EVOLUTION DE LA CONDITION DE LA FEMME /

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE SITUATION OF WOMEN ( 1 )

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C. Les journaux, l a r a d i o e t l a t é l é v i s i o n p a r l e n t des pro- blèmes européens d’une façon t r o p s u p e r f i c i e l l e / The newspapers, r a d i o and t e l e v i s i o n g i v e on ly s imple summaries o f European pro- b l ems

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