young europeans and politics: is there a relation of trust?

Young EUropeans and Politics:is there a relation of trust?

Think Young Survey #1 Report[Synthetic version]

The Survey– Timing and questions

How our Young Thinkers panel is composed

What our panel Thinks– Distribution of respondents to main questions

Report Agenda

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Survey # 1 for our Think tank

Kick off on 27-11-2007 – Last data collected on 6-12-2007

Aim of the survey: – Our main purpose was to investigate the issue of Trust: in Young Europeans’ personal future, in national and European politicians, in Europe itself as a new way of living their own lives

The Survey

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The Survey– Timing and questions

How our Young Thinkers panel is composed

What our panel Thinks– Distribution of respondents to main questions

Report Agenda

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Sample: more than 200 respondents

Age: More than 80% of respondents are from 18 to 26 years old

Nationality: Respondents are from all 27 EU Countries

Most part of the panel sent back their answers within one hour from the Kick off time

The Panel

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The Survey– Timing and questions

How our Young Thinkers panel is composed

What our panel Thinks– Distribution of respondents to main questions

Report Agenda

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Main questions

Low Medium HighLow Medium High

35%

45%

20%

More than 60% have a high/medium interest in taking part to political

activities

More than 60% have a high/medium interest in taking part to political

activities

7%

35%

58%

Around 35% have a low level of

trust in EU politicians

Around 35% have a low level of

trust in EU politicians

And…And… But…But…

More than 80% of the sample declares to strongly feel as a European Citizen

More than 80% of the sample declares to strongly feel as a European Citizen

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