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STUDY Public Opinion Monitoring Series

Directorate-General for Communication

Author: Jacques Nancy, Public Opinion Monitoring Unit

Published by EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service

PE 589.762 - November 2016

Parlemeter 2016

Socio-demographic focus

Special Eurobarometer of the European Parliament

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© European Union, 2016.

For further information : [email protected]

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 5

A. MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ........... 9

I. MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ....................................................................... 9

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 10

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 12

3) Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 14

II. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................................... 17

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 18

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 20


B. THE VOICE OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS ..........................................................................25

I. MY VOICE COUNTS IN THE EU ...................................................................................... 25

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 26

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 30


II. MY VOICE COUNTS IN OUR COUNTRY .......................................................................... 37

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 38

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 42


C. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT .................................................................................. 49

I. INFORMATION ABOUT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ................................................... 49

1.1. Media recall ................................................................................................................................ 49

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 50

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 54


1.2. Feeling informed about the European Parliament’s activities ................................................... 61

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 62

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 66


II. IMAGE AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ..................................................... 73

2.1. General image of the European Parliament ............................................................................... 73

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 74

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 78


2.2. Role of the European Parliament in the future .......................................................................... 85

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 86

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 88


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III. KNOWLEDGE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ............................................................ 93

3.1. How the European Parliament works......................................................................................... 93

1) Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 94

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 96


3.2. The decision-making procedure of the European Parliament.................................................. 101

1) Focus on age ....................................................................................................................... 102

2) Focus on gender .................................................................................................................. 104

3) Focus on occupational groups ............................................................................................ 106

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Age groups Gender Occupation

INTRODUCTION

An analysis of the results in accordance with the gender, age and occupational category of Europeans

reveals a number of trends. Overall:

- The feeling of membership to the EU is more widespread among young Europeans than among older people. People aged 15-24 years are also more likely to consider that their country has benefited from EU membership, and that their country’s voice counts in the EU;

- Men are more likely to remember having recently seen, read or heard something about the EP in the media than women. They also feel more informed about the EP’s activities and have a better knowledge of the way in which the European Parliament works than women. Women are more likely to have a neutral image of the EP;

- Some variations can be seen between occupational categories: managers are more likely

to consider that the membership of their country to the EU is a “good thing” and that it has benefited of membership than housepersons and manual workers. European Parliament conjures up a better image among managers, who also are more knowledgeable about the EP than other categories. Conversely, manual workers, housepersons and unemployed people feel less informed about the EP’s activities, and are more likely to have a negative image about the EP.

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In detail:

Membership and benefits of being a member of the EU

- More than half of men (54%), women (52%), and respondents aged less than 55 years consider that their country’s membership of the EU is “a good thing” (53% at EU level). This opinion is also the view of just below 50% of those aged 55+, though also forming a clear majority (49% “a good thing”, 19% “a bad thing” and 29% “neither a good thing nor a bad thing”).

- The feeling that their country has benefited from being a member of the EU (60% at EU level) is predominant in all categories, and is most widespread among men (61%) and respondents aged 15-24 years (68%) and 25-39 years (65%).

- Majorities of respondents in all occupational categories consider that membership is a good

thing, and that their country has benefited from its membership. However, large variations

exist between occupational categories, with proportions of “a good thing” ranging from 44%

for housepersons, to 69% for managers; and from 48% for housepersons to 76% for managers

for the answer “benefited”.

- In all categories, the main reason why respondents consider that their country has benefited of its membership is that the EU contributes to the economic growth in their country (35% at EU level). This opinion is more widespread among men (38%), respondents aged less than 40 years (37%) and managers (43%), than among women (32%), 55+ (34%) and housepersons (32%). The opinion that the EU contributes to maintaining peace and strengthening security is more mentioned by respondents aged 55+ (32%) and managers (33%), while “the EU brings [national] people new work opportunities” is more cited by those aged 15-24 years (34%) and students (34%).

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The voice of the European citizens

- On the one hand, a majority of respondents in all categories believe that their voice does not count in the EU (59% at EU level). While there are few variations between men and women, this feeling is slightly more widespread among respondents aged 40-54 years (60%) and 55+ (59%) than among respondents aged 15-24 years (54%). Differences are more pronounced between the occupational categories: around two-thirds of unemployed people (67%) and housepersons (64%) disagree that their voice count in the EU, whereas less than half of managers think so (49% “disagree” vs. 48% “agree”).

- On the other hand, a majority of respondents think that their voice does count in their country (53% at EU level): More than half of men, women, and respondents of the different age groups agree that their voice counts in their country. Important differences can be seen between the different occupational groups: the feeling that their voice counts in their country is predominant among most categories, but ranges from 51% for manual workers and 52% of self-employed people up to 66% among managers. However, only minorities of housepersons (44% “agree” vs. 52%) and unemployed (42% vs. 56%) share the same opinion. Only few variations exist between men and women and the different age groups.

Information about the European Parliament

- Majorities of respondents remember having recently seen, read or heard something about the EP in the media (60% at EU level): media recall increases with the age of the respondents, from 50% among the 15-24 year-olds, up to 63% among those aged 40 and above. Close to two-thirds of men remember having recently encountered information about the EP (64%) compared with 57% of women. While just above half of housepersons (53%), unemployed (53%) and students (54%) remember

information about the EP, this proportion reaches 64% for other with collars, 68% of self-

employed and 70% of managers.

- Majorities of respondents feel “badly informed” about the European Parliament’s activities (66% at EU level) in the different categories of gender, age, and occupation: this feeling is more widespread among women (69%), young people aged 15-24 years (68%), unemployed (71%) and housepersons (75%), than among men (62%), respondents aged 25+ (65%) and managers (55%).

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Image and role of the European Parliament

- The EP conjures up a neutral image and should play a more important role than it currently does for a majority of respondents in all categories. This neutral image (44% at EU level) is more widespread among respondents under 40 (48%),

women (46%), students (48%) and manual workers (47%). While proportions of positive and

negative perceptions of the EP are the same among women (25% vs. 25%), negative

perceptions outweigh positive ones among men, respondents aged 40+, manual workers,

unemployed, retired, housepersons and self-employed. Conversely, positive perceptions are

predominant among managers (30% “positive” vs. 23% “negative”) and other white collars

(29% vs. 25%).

- Majorities of respondents (46% at EU level) would like the EU to play a more important role than it currently does among men, women, the different age groups and occupational categories. This feeling is more widespread among those aged 15-24 years (52%) and 25-39 years (50%), than among 55+ (43%). Variations are slightly more pronounced between students (56% of answers “more important”)

and housepersons and retired (both 43%). In all categories analysed, less than a third would like

the EP to play a role “less important” than it currently does.

Knowledge of the European Parliament

- Majorities of respondents know that MEPs sit in the EP according to their political affinities (47% at EU level), this opinion being predominant among men, women, the different age groups and occupational categories. It is more widespread among men (51%), self-employed people (51%) and managers (51%). The incorrect opinion that MEPs sit according their nationality is more widespread among other white collars (42%), managers (39%) and respondents aged 25-39 years (38%).

- In most categories, majorities of respondents consider that EP’s decisions are adopted “according to the political affinities of the MEPs” (43% at EU level): this opinion is most widespread among men (46%), respondents aged 40-54 years (45%), self-employed people (46%) and managers (45%).

Other employees are equally divided: 42% think that the European Parliament’s decisions are

adopted above all “according to the interests of the Member States from which the MEPs

come”, and the same proportion thinks that they are “according to the political affinities of the

MEPs”.

As for students, they are the only category where a majority think that decisions are taken

according to the interests of the Member States (41% vs. 40%).

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A. MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

I. MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q12 Generally speaking, do you think that (OUR COUNTRY)'s membership of the EU is...?

(%)

58

53 53

4947

50 50

54 5553

1315 15

18 1816 17

14 15 16

25

28 28 2931 31 31

29 28 29

4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 2

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

June 2009

EB71.3

Oct.-Nov. 2009

EB72.4

May 2010

EB73.4

May 2011

EB75.3

June 2012

EB77.4

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

A good thing A bad thing Neither a good thing nor a bad thing Don't know

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1) Focus on age

a. European Union results


(%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

AN

D B

EN

EFI

TS

OF

BE

ING

A M

EM

BE

R O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

UN

ION

60

10

28

2

56

13

29

2

51

17

30

2

49

19

29

3

A good thing

A bad thing

Neither a good thing

nor a bad thing

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

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b. National results


(%)

Total ‘A good thing’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

LU 81% 77% 75% 78% 89%

IE 74% 79% 75% 74% 72%

NL 72% 76% 74% 73% 69%

DE 71% 77% 68% 67% 72%

LT 67% 73% 70% 67% 63%

BE 65% 71% 67% 63% 64%

SE 64% 70% 68% 62% 62%

EE 63% 69% 66% 65% 59%

DK 62% 71% 59% 63% 60%

PL 61% 55% 65% 61% 61%

FI 60% 60% 60% 58% 61%

MT 58% 68% 56% 55% 57%

ES 55% 71% 57% 50% 51%

SK 54% 63% 52% 53% 54%

EU28 53% 60% 56% 51% 49%

RO 53% 47% 57% 53% 51%

BG 49% 70% 59% 50% 36%

FR 48% 54% 48% 46% 47%

LV 48% 67% 56% 37% 43%

HU 47% 53% 43% 45% 48%

PT 47% 67% 54% 47% 37%

UK 47% 60% 61% 45% 34%

HR 46% 55% 44% 49% 42%

SI 46% 56% 41% 43% 48%

AT 37% 57% 38% 32% 33%

CY 34% 29% 24% 47% 37%

IT 33% 39% 42% 34% 27%

CZ 32% 39% 35% 29% 31%

EL 31% 40% 30% 29% 30%

TOTAL

Age

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP A

ND

BE

NE

FITS

OF B

EIN

G A

ME

MB

ER

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

UN

ION

A

ge

gro

up

s

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2) Focus on gender



(%)

Gen

der

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP A

ND

BE

NE

FIT

S O

F B

EIN

G A

ME

MB

ER

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N U

NIO

N

54

17

27

2

52

15

31

2

A good thing

A bad thing


nor a bad thing

Don't know

Male

Female

13

b. National results


(%)


Male Female

LU 81% 81% 80%

IE 74% 74% 74%

NL 72% 75% 70%

DE 71% 71% 70%

LT 67% 71% 64%

BE 65% 69% 62%

SE 64% 67% 61%

EE 63% 67% 61%

DK 62% 63% 62%

PL 61% 63% 60%

FI 60% 58% 62%

MT 58% 56% 59%

ES 55% 58% 51%

SK 54% 58% 51%

EU28 53% 54% 52%

RO 53% 51% 54%

BG 49% 49% 48%

FR 48% 52% 45%

LV 48% 51% 45%

HU 47% 48% 46%

PT 47% 49% 46%

UK 47% 46% 49%

HR 46% 48% 43%

SI 46% 53% 40%

AT 37% 36% 39%

CY 34% 37% 32%

IT 33% 34% 33%

CZ 32% 35% 30%

EL 31% 30% 32%

TOTAL

Gender

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP A

ND

BE

NE

FITS

OF B

EIN

G A

ME

MB

ER

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

UN

ION

G

end

er

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3) Focus on occupational groups



(%)

Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP A

ND

BE

NE

FIT

S O

F B

EIN

G A

ME

MB

ER

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N U

NIO

N

55

17

26

2

69

10

20

1

55

15

29

1

46

17

34

3

44

20

31

5

48

18

32

2

49

18

30

3

66

8

25

1

A good thing

A bad thing


nor a bad thing

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

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b. National results


(%)


Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-

ployedRetired Students

LU 81% 81% 84% 80% 73% 68% 82% 90% 75%

IE 74% 77% 81% 80% 73% 63% 68% 72% 81%

NL 72% 80% 76% 75% 60% 64% 76% 69% 78%

DE 71% 75% 80% 71% 62% 62% 63% 69% 88%

LT 67% 84% 81% 73% 62% 58% 53% 61% 78%

BE 65% 64% 78% 71% 63% 60% 57% 61% 75%

SE 64% 74% 72% 67% 53% 30% 25% 61% 81%

EE 63% 72% 78% 67% 55% 51% 43% 59% 74%

DK 62% 65% 79% 65% 51% 100% 61% 59% 66%

PL 61% 56% 74% 73% 55% 65% 62% 59% 49%

FI 60% 64% 75% 55% 51% 54% 37% 61% 67%

MT 58% 55% 64% 53% 48% 54% 36% 62% 78%

ES 55% 59% 81% 51% 50% 41% 50% 58% 70%

SK 54% 53% 75% 59% 46% 45% 54% 55% 65%

EU28 53% 55% 69% 55% 46% 44% 48% 49% 66%

RO 53% 52% 67% 63% 55% 39% 54% 51% 48%

BG 49% 59% 61% 60% 47% 56% 43% 34% 73%

FR 48% 49% 65% 48% 42% 39% 38% 47% 62%

LV 48% 64% 61% 52% 38% 48% 35% 41% 76%

HU 47% 43% 49% 50% 42% 52% 48% 49% 49%

PT 47% 42% 64% 51% 45% 30% 54% 37% 66%

UK 47% 49% 62% 51% 43% 43% 44% 37% 68%

HR 46% 45% 50% 48% 43% 57% 41% 42% 62%

SI 46% 39% 58% 42% 37% 36% 35% 49% 57%

AT 37% 53% 49% 35% 27% 21% 31% 32% 75%

CY 34% 40% 36% 43% 30% 33% 29% 36% 30%

IT 33% 46% 51% 42% 21% 26% 38% 21% 49%

CZ 32% 42% 41% 34% 27% 34% 30% 27% 41%

EL 31% 26% 57% 31% 24% 28% 28% 32% 42%

TOTAL

Respondent occupation scale

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP A

ND

BE

NE

FITS

OF B

EIN

G A

ME

MB

ER

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

UN

ION

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

II. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q13 Taking everything into account, would you say that (OUR COUNTRY) has on balance benefited or not from being a member of the EU? (%)

5856 57

53 5254

60 60

2931 31

3537 37

31 31

13 13 12 12 119 9 9

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

June 2009

EB71.3

Oct.-Nov. 2009

EB72.4

May 2010

EB73.4

May 2011

EB75.3

June 2013

EB79.5

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Benefited Not benefited Don't know

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1) Focus on age


Q13 Taking everything into account, would you say that (OUR COUNTRY) has on balance

benefited or not from being a member of the EU? (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

B

EN

EFI

TS

OF

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP

68

21

11

65

27

8

58

34

8

54

35

11

Benefited

Not benefited

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

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b. National results



Total ‘Benefited’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

LT 86% 94% 88% 88% 79%

LU 85% 88% 80% 85% 89%

IE 84% 88% 82% 84% 85%

MT 84% 91% 85% 79% 84%

PL 81% 80% 86% 81% 78%

EE 80% 83% 83% 82% 76%

SK 79% 83% 81% 79% 76%

DK 77% 78% 82% 77% 74%

NL 75% 84% 76% 72% 74%

BE 73% 87% 79% 67% 70%

FI 69% 73% 76% 70% 63%

DE 66% 70% 68% 64% 65%

LV 64% 75% 68% 57% 63%

RO 64% 61% 64% 66% 63%

SI 64% 67% 66% 59% 65%

PT 63% 78% 66% 68% 54%

HU 62% 69% 59% 63% 62%

SE 62% 83% 67% 61% 57%

CZ 61% 64% 64% 57% 61%

EU28 60% 68% 65% 58% 54%

HR 60% 72% 66% 61% 51%

UK 56% 72% 67% 54% 42%

ES 55% 74% 55% 52% 52%

FR 54% 60% 61% 54% 49%

BG 49% 69% 58% 51% 37%

AT 48% 62% 51% 45% 43%

CY 44% 43% 41% 53% 39%

EL 44% 50% 46% 43% 42%

IT 38% 44% 51% 40% 30%

TOTAL

Age

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

BE

NE

FITS

OF M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

A

ge

gro

up

s

20

2) Focus on gender




Gen

der

B

EN

EFI

TS

OF

ME

MB

ER

SH

IP

61

32

7

58

31

11

Benefited

Not benefited

Don't know

Male

Female

21

b. National results



Total ‘Benefited’ (%)

Male Female

LT 86% 89% 83%

LU 85% 86% 84%

IE 84% 84% 85%

MT 84% 80% 88%

PL 81% 82% 80%

EE 80% 81% 79%

SK 79% 79% 80%

DK 77% 80% 74%

NL 75% 80% 71%

BE 73% 76% 71%

FI 69% 69% 69%

DE 66% 65% 67%

LV 64% 66% 63%

RO 64% 63% 64%

SI 64% 71% 57%

PT 63% 65% 62%

HU 62% 64% 61%

SE 62% 67% 58%

CZ 61% 62% 60%

EU28 60% 61% 58%

HR 60% 62% 57%

UK 56% 55% 56%

ES 55% 61% 50%

FR 54% 60% 49%

BG 49% 50% 48%

AT 48% 45% 51%

CY 44% 45% 43%

EL 44% 43% 46%

IT 38% 39% 38%

TOTAL

Gender

BE

NE

FITS

OF M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

Gen

der

22





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

BE

NE

FIT

S O

F M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

61

33

6

76

19

5

66

27

7

54

35

11

48

40

12

55

34

11

54

36

10

74

17

9

Benefited

Not benefited

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

23

b. National results



Total ‘Benefited (%)

Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


LT 86% 93% 91% 93% 84% 81% 84% 78% 95%

LU 85% 94% 84% 82% 78% 86% 100% 90% 89%

IE 84% 90% 85% 84% 84% 79% 80% 85% 92%

MT 84% 93% 92% 86% 70% 83% 79% 85% 94%

PL 81% 67% 93% 87% 76% 89% 83% 80% 78%

EE 80% 90% 90% 82% 72% 81% 72% 74% 90%

SK 79% 83% 93% 84% 79% 81% 67% 76% 84%

DK 77% 66% 87% 82% 70% 100% 64% 73% 84%

NL 75% 77% 85% 78% 57% 57% 77% 73% 87%

BE 73% 82% 85% 80% 73% 58% 66% 65% 90%

FI 69% 82% 87% 73% 63% 85% 38% 60% 83%

DE 66% 71% 82% 70% 57% 64% 51% 59% 82%

LV 64% 72% 77% 66% 59% 78% 56% 59% 74%

RO 64% 57% 76% 75% 62% 56% 75% 62% 59%

SI 64% 66% 73% 65% 60% 60% 51% 63% 68%

PT 63% 61% 79% 75% 58% 49% 65% 55% 78%

HU 62% 59% 60% 65% 62% 60% 55% 62% 70%

SE 62% 63% 75% 68% 55% 30% 43% 55% 75%

CZ 61% 69% 75% 59% 58% 61% 53% 57% 67%

EU28 60% 61% 76% 66% 54% 48% 55% 54% 74%

HR 60% 58% 58% 65% 61% 55% 60% 54% 73%

UK 56% 66% 70% 66% 47% 52% 57% 41% 81%

ES 55% 54% 86% 58% 50% 39% 56% 57% 75%

FR 54% 55% 72% 63% 50% 27% 48% 49% 71%

BG 49% 54% 63% 61% 52% 40% 43% 33% 72%

AT 48% 62% 59% 48% 38% 42% 31% 43% 84%

CY 44% 43% 41% 60% 43% 34% 42% 39% 46%

EL 44% 42% 76% 49% 32% 39% 34% 45% 53%

IT 38% 48% 53% 49% 28% 28% 48% 27% 53%

TOTAL


BE

NE

FITS

OF M

EM

BE

RS

HIP

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

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B. THE VOICE OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS

I. MY VOICE COUNTS IN THE EU

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

D72.1 Please tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. My voice counts in the EU (%)

38

34

42

34

3941

3937

5355 54

5957

53

56

59

911

4

7

46 5 4

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

June 2009

EB71.3

May 2010

EB73.4

June 2012

EB77.4

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Total 'Agree' Total 'Disagree' Don't know

26

1) Focus on age


D72.1 Please tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following

statements. My voice counts in the EU (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

M

Y V

OIC

E C

OU

NT

S IN

TH

E E

U

40

54

6

40

57

3

37

60

3

35

59

6

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

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b. National results



Total ‘Agree’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

DK 70% 66% 67% 73% 73%

SE 69% 70% 70% 72% 68%

NL 58% 52% 55% 61% 62%

FI 57% 54% 65% 57% 54%

HR 55% 53% 50% 57% 57%

BE 54% 58% 56% 48% 55%

DE 54% 57% 53% 51% 55%

AT 53% 59% 59% 52% 49%

LU 49% 49% 37% 48% 61%

IE 45% 38% 48% 50% 41%

MT 45% 48% 36% 40% 52%

RO 38% 42% 43% 39% 35%

BG 37% 30% 45% 42% 31%

EU28 37% 40% 40% 37% 35%

SK 37% 42% 38% 34% 34%

FR 35% 36% 33% 35% 36%

SI 34% 29% 39% 29% 37%

PL 33% 38% 40% 30% 29%

UK 32% 42% 45% 28% 22%

HU 30% 35% 30% 31% 26%

PT 30% 30% 37% 32% 25%

LT 25% 41% 26% 28% 18%

ES 24% 32% 22% 28% 20%

CZ 20% 25% 21% 21% 17%

IT 20% 18% 26% 21% 16%

LV 19% 32% 21% 17% 15%

CY 17% 15% 23% 17% 14%

EE 17% 22% 22% 16% 12%

EL 13% 15% 17% 11% 12%

TOTAL

Age

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN T

HE

EU

Ag

e g

rou

ps

28


Total ‘Disagree’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

EL 85% 84% 82% 88% 86%

CY 79% 83% 74% 82% 79%

EE 76% 66% 71% 81% 79%

LV 75% 61% 75% 78% 79%

CZ 74% 70% 76% 73% 76%

IT 74% 69% 69% 75% 78%

ES 72% 66% 78% 71% 71%

HU 66% 62% 66% 64% 70%

LT 66% 54% 69% 63% 69%

PT 66% 63% 62% 64% 69%

UK 63% 50% 52% 68% 73%

FR 61% 59% 65% 62% 58%

SI 61% 63% 59% 66% 59%

SK 60% 53% 59% 64% 61%

EU28 59% 54% 57% 60% 59%

PL 58% 55% 53% 61% 61%

RO 58% 54% 54% 59% 60%

IE 50% 54% 48% 46% 53%

BG 48% 44% 43% 47% 54%

LU 47% 44% 59% 49% 36%

MT 46% 50% 60% 53% 33%

BE 45% 41% 43% 51% 44%

AT 43% 35% 38% 45% 47%

DE 43% 41% 44% 46% 42%

FI 42% 43% 35% 43% 46%

NL 40% 41% 43% 39% 37%

HR 39% 45% 43% 37% 36%

SE 29% 23% 28% 27% 29%

DK 27% 34% 31% 26% 23%

TOTAL

Age

Ag

e g

rou

ps

M

Y V

OIC

E C

OU

NT

S IN

TH

E E

U

29

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

30

2) Focus on gender




Gen

der

M

Y V

OIC

E C

OU

NT

S IN

TH

E E

U

37

60

3

37

57

6

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

Male

Female

31

b. National results




Male Female

DK 70% 68% 73%

SE 69% 74% 64%

NL 58% 57% 60%

FI 57% 56% 59%

HR 55% 55% 55%

BE 54% 53% 56%

DE 54% 53% 55%

AT 53% 53% 54%

LU 49% 50% 49%

IE 45% 45% 45%

MT 45% 39% 52%

RO 38% 41% 36%

BG 37% 37% 37%

EU28 37% 37% 37%

SK 37% 36% 36%

FR 35% 33% 36%

SI 34% 35% 33%

PL 33% 28% 38%

UK 32% 31% 33%

HU 30% 29% 29%

PT 30% 32% 29%

LT 25% 28% 24%

ES 24% 23% 24%

CZ 20% 20% 21%

IT 20% 21% 18%

LV 19% 21% 17%

CY 17% 17% 17%

EE 17% 19% 15%

EL 13% 14% 12%

TOTAL

Gender

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN T

HE

EU

Gen

der

32



Male Female

EL 85% 85% 86%

CY 79% 80% 79%

EE 76% 73% 78%

LV 75% 74% 77%

CZ 74% 76% 72%

IT 74% 74% 75%

ES 72% 75% 71%

HU 66% 68% 66%

LT 66% 64% 66%

PT 66% 65% 66%

UK 63% 66% 61%

FR 61% 64% 59%

SI 61% 62% 61%

SK 60% 61% 60%

EU28 59% 60% 57%

PL 58% 65% 52%

RO 58% 56% 59%

IE 50% 50% 49%

BG 48% 50% 47%

LU 47% 48% 45%

MT 46% 52% 40%

BE 45% 47% 43%

AT 43% 44% 42%

DE 43% 45% 41%

FI 42% 43% 41%

NL 40% 41% 39%

HR 39% 40% 38%

SE 29% 25% 32%

DK 27% 30% 24%

TOTAL

Gender

Gen

der

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN T

HE

EU

34





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

M

Y V

OIC

E C

OU

NT

S IN

TH

E E

U

37

60

3

48

49

3

39

58

3

35

61

4

30

64

6

30

67

3

34

60

6

42

51

7

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

35

b. National results




Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


DK 70% 79% 76% 73% 70% 100% 64% 72% 57%

SE 69% 69% 74% 72% 71% 100% 48% 66% 63%

NL 58% 62% 69% 58% 54% 54% 45% 60% 53%

FI 57% 67% 60% 59% 48% 69% 48% 56% 70%

HR 55% 58% 71% 61% 47% 34% 50% 57% 57%

BE 54% 41% 55% 56% 54% 39% 55% 53% 67%

DE 54% 63% 60% 62% 46% 52% 35% 54% 61%

AT 53% 61% 66% 58% 45% 45% 45% 49% 72%

LU 49% 60% 49% 36% 42% 41% 37% 60% 57%

IE 45% 44% 55% 46% 40% 45% 40% 40% 48%

MT 45% 48% 41% 43% 32% 56% 21% 52% 53%

RO 38% 25% 30% 46% 42% 39% 57% 35% 44%

BG 37% 46% 57% 46% 44% 24% 28% 25% 26%

EU28 37% 37% 48% 39% 35% 30% 30% 34% 42%

SK 37% 40% 45% 41% 32% 47% 27% 34% 47%

FR 35% 38% 34% 22% 36% 25% 25% 39% 43%

SI 34% 33% 39% 32% 38% 21% 25% 35% 30%

PL 33% 33% 48% 43% 30% 47% 26% 28% 27%

UK 32% 37% 36% 45% 29% 39% 39% 19% 45%

HU 30% 39% 31% 34% 30% 31% 25% 26% 28%

PT 30% 28% 50% 37% 27% 25% 28% 22% 42%

LT 25% 34% 34% 28% 22% 18% 29% 18% 37%

ES 24% 22% 41% 30% 25% 16% 23% 19% 32%

CZ 20% 18% 23% 18% 20% 37% 23% 17% 30%

IT 20% 23% 46% 27% 19% 9% 18% 13% 21%

LV 19% 28% 24% 16% 15% 31% 16% 14% 36%

CY 17% 19% 11% 19% 24% 11% 19% 16% 15%

EE 17% 21% 24% 17% 11% 10% 19% 13% 24%

EL 13% 17% 30% 14% 10% 5% 6% 14% 17%

TOTAL


MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN T

HE

EU

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

36



Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


EL 85% 83% 67% 85% 90% 90% 93% 85% 81%

CY 79% 81% 87% 77% 73% 89% 76% 77% 85%

EE 76% 75% 68% 77% 85% 82% 78% 77% 64%

LV 75% 64% 74% 81% 81% 66% 77% 78% 51%

CZ 74% 79% 71% 77% 75% 57% 73% 75% 65%

IT 74% 75% 52% 71% 79% 85% 79% 78% 60%

ES 72% 77% 59% 70% 72% 74% 74% 75% 65%

HU 66% 61% 67% 59% 66% 69% 74% 70% 66%

LT 66% 65% 58% 61% 71% 82% 61% 69% 56%

PT 66% 68% 50% 62% 70% 64% 71% 71% 48%

UK 63% 62% 62% 52% 64% 57% 58% 75% 48%

FR 61% 52% 66% 73% 60% 69% 73% 55% 52%

SI 61% 61% 59% 66% 58% 75% 70% 60% 62%

SK 60% 58% 51% 57% 65% 51% 65% 61% 51%

EU28 59% 60% 49% 58% 61% 64% 67% 60% 51%

PL 58% 63% 43% 50% 63% 46% 68% 61% 59%

RO 58% 70% 62% 53% 56% 56% 39% 61% 50%

IE 50% 55% 44% 52% 51% 51% 49% 53% 46%

BG 48% 45% 40% 47% 44% 46% 56% 56% 40%

LU 47% 40% 49% 61% 53% 56% 63% 36% 34%

MT 46% 44% 54% 52% 59% 32% 71% 35% 44%

BE 45% 58% 45% 44% 45% 58% 45% 46% 31%

AT 43% 36% 30% 40% 51% 51% 50% 48% 22%

DE 43% 36% 36% 35% 51% 45% 62% 42% 39%

FI 42% 33% 40% 41% 50% 31% 52% 44% 29%

NL 40% 38% 31% 41% 43% 42% 55% 39% 40%

HR 39% 31% 25% 34% 49% 58% 46% 34% 39%

SE 29% 31% 26% 27% 26% 0% 52% 30% 29%

DK 27% 20% 24% 25% 28% 0% 28% 24% 41%

TOTAL


Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

M

Y V

OIC

E C

OU

NT

S IN

TH

E E

U

37

II. MY VOICE COUNTS IN OUR COUNTRY

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

D72.2 Please tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. My voice counts in (OUR COUNTRY) (%)

51

5658

53

58 58

63

53

43

3840

44

40 39

35

44

6 6

2 3 2 3 2 3

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

June 2009

EB71.3

May 2010

EB73.4

June 2012

EB77.4

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Total 'Agree' Total 'Disagree' Don't know

38

1) Focus on age



statements. My voice counts in (OUR COUNTRY) (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

53

42

5

54

44

2

52

46

2

52

44

4

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

39

b. National results




15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

DK 92% 89% 91% 94% 93%

SE 92% 87% 91% 94% 92%

FI 86% 82% 88% 84% 85%

NL 83% 79% 85% 84% 84%

AT 77% 69% 81% 80% 75%

DE 73% 71% 69% 72% 76%

HR 70% 64% 70% 73% 72%

BE 66% 74% 68% 61% 65%

FR 62% 64% 59% 60% 66%

IE 61% 59% 58% 62% 63%

MT 59% 68% 59% 61% 57%

LU 57% 59% 50% 49% 68%

SK 54% 63% 56% 50% 52%

EU28 53% 53% 54% 52% 52%

UK 53% 52% 58% 49% 53%

PL 52% 55% 56% 49% 49%

SI 52% 55% 50% 46% 56%

CZ 45% 44% 43% 44% 45%

PT 43% 39% 51% 42% 38%

HU 40% 37% 42% 45% 36%

BG 39% 27% 45% 40% 37%

EE 35% 36% 36% 37% 32%

LV 35% 46% 41% 33% 29%

ES 33% 35% 30% 36% 30%

RO 32% 34% 36% 32% 29%

IT 25% 28% 29% 28% 20%

CY 24% 13% 32% 24% 24%

LT 23% 38% 17% 27% 18%

EL 17% 16% 21% 13% 17%

TOTAL

Age

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

Ag

e g

rou

ps

40



15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

EL 82% 82% 79% 86% 81%

CY 72% 80% 63% 76% 72%

LT 71% 57% 79% 68% 74%

IT 70% 59% 67% 69% 74%

ES 65% 63% 70% 63% 66%

RO 65% 61% 61% 67% 67%

LV 62% 48% 57% 65% 67%

EE 60% 54% 57% 61% 63%

HU 58% 63% 55% 52% 61%

PT 54% 55% 49% 55% 58%

CZ 53% 52% 56% 53% 53%

BG 51% 50% 46% 54% 52%

SI 45% 38% 48% 51% 42%

EU28 44% 42% 44% 46% 44%

UK 44% 43% 39% 50% 43%

PL 43% 40% 40% 45% 46%

SK 43% 35% 41% 48% 45%

LU 38% 31% 46% 43% 31%

MT 36% 26% 40% 37% 35%

FR 35% 33% 40% 38% 30%

IE 35% 36% 36% 35% 33%

BE 33% 26% 31% 39% 35%

HR 27% 34% 27% 24% 25%

DE 25% 25% 28% 27% 22%

AT 21% 25% 18% 18% 24%

NL 16% 15% 15% 16% 15%

FI 14% 15% 12% 16% 15%

SE 8% 10% 9% 6% 8%

DK 7% 11% 9% 5% 5%

TOTAL

Age

Ag

e g

rou

ps

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

41

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

42

2) Focus on gender



Gen

der

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

53

45

2

52

44

4

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

Male

Female

43

b. National results




Male Female

DK 92% 91% 94%

SE 92% 94% 89%

FI 86% 85% 86%

NL 83% 82% 84%

AT 77% 75% 79%

DE 73% 74% 72%

HR 70% 71% 69%

BE 66% 67% 65%

FR 62% 60% 65%

IE 61% 61% 61%

MT 59% 52% 67%

LU 57% 58% 56%

SK 54% 53% 56%

EU28 53% 53% 52%

UK 53% 56% 51%

PL 52% 51% 51%

SI 52% 53% 51%

CZ 45% 40% 48%

PT 43% 47% 38%

HU 40% 39% 41%

BG 39% 38% 40%

EE 35% 38% 32%

LV 35% 38% 31%

ES 33% 32% 33%

RO 32% 34% 30%

IT 25% 28% 22%

CY 24% 27% 23%

LT 23% 26% 20%

EL 17% 18% 17%

TOTAL

Gender

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

Gen

der

44



Male Female

EL 82% 81% 81%

CY 72% 71% 72%

LT 71% 69% 73%

IT 70% 67% 72%

ES 65% 66% 65%

RO 65% 64% 66%

LV 62% 59% 65%

EE 60% 56% 63%

HU 58% 59% 56%

PT 54% 51% 58%

CZ 53% 57% 50%

BG 51% 53% 49%

SI 45% 45% 45%

EU28 44% 45% 44%

UK 44% 42% 45%

PL 43% 45% 43%

SK 43% 44% 42%

LU 38% 38% 38%

MT 36% 44% 27%

FR 35% 38% 32%

IE 35% 34% 34%

BE 33% 33% 34%

HR 27% 26% 27%

DE 25% 25% 25%

AT 21% 23% 19%

NL 16% 15% 16%

FI 14% 14% 14%

SE 8% 6% 10%

DK 7% 8% 5%

TOTAL

Gender

Gen

der

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

46





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

52

46

2

66

32

2

54

44

2

51

47

2

44

52

4

42

56

2

52

44

4

55

39

6

Total 'Agree'

Total 'Disagree'

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

47

b. National results




Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


DK 92% 95% 94% 94% 93% 100% 88% 92% 88%

SE 92% 93% 95% 94% 92% 100% 73% 91% 88%

FI 86% 92% 90% 83% 81% 100% 80% 85% 86%

NL 83% 85% 92% 82% 79% 71% 90% 82% 77%

AT 77% 82% 83% 81% 75% 75% 61% 75% 79%

DE 73% 80% 78% 76% 68% 72% 51% 74% 74%

HR 70% 80% 79% 79% 62% 67% 71% 71% 66%

BE 66% 61% 77% 68% 66% 48% 64% 62% 77%

FR 62% 66% 60% 63% 62% 62% 47% 68% 61%

IE 61% 61% 69% 66% 54% 51% 45% 66% 68%

MT 59% 54% 59% 66% 52% 67% 21% 59% 75%

LU 57% 46% 56% 52% 51% 47% 68% 67% 61%

SK 54% 62% 62% 57% 50% 61% 40% 53% 69%

EU28 53% 52% 66% 54% 51% 44% 42% 52% 55%

UK 53% 62% 57% 56% 51% 53% 45% 51% 54%

PL 52% 55% 59% 59% 47% 61% 46% 48% 51%

SI 52% 44% 60% 45% 52% 42% 37% 56% 58%

CZ 45% 44% 59% 42% 36% 49% 38% 45% 52%

PT 43% 40% 60% 48% 41% 30% 40% 36% 47%

HU 40% 41% 43% 40% 44% 45% 32% 37% 38%

BG 39% 49% 53% 42% 43% 25% 33% 35% 27%

EE 35% 44% 51% 27% 28% 33% 39% 30% 37%

LV 35% 45% 45% 32% 33% 49% 31% 27% 47%

ES 33% 23% 43% 36% 32% 24% 29% 36% 38%

RO 32% 25% 32% 37% 35% 34% 50% 27% 32%

IT 25% 32% 47% 32% 22% 15% 19% 16% 31%

CY 24% 24% 32% 20% 34% 14% 21% 26% 12%

LT 23% 24% 30% 18% 19% 22% 26% 18% 37%

EL 17% 20% 31% 16% 14% 14% 11% 19% 17%

TOTAL


MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

48



Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


EL 82% 80% 66% 83% 86% 82% 89% 80% 81%

CY 72% 76% 68% 76% 59% 86% 77% 69% 80%

LT 71% 76% 67% 73% 78% 72% 65% 73% 56%

IT 70% 66% 51% 66% 76% 81% 78% 76% 50%

ES 65% 76% 57% 64% 66% 73% 69% 61% 59%

RO 65% 71% 62% 61% 64% 64% 46% 69% 61%

LV 62% 53% 55% 65% 65% 43% 68% 69% 42%

EE 60% 52% 44% 67% 70% 57% 61% 64% 54%

HU 58% 59% 55% 57% 54% 55% 63% 60% 62%

PT 54% 56% 40% 52% 57% 67% 59% 58% 45%

CZ 53% 52% 41% 56% 61% 51% 58% 54% 43%

BG 51% 45% 44% 54% 50% 51% 58% 53% 42%

SI 45% 52% 39% 54% 43% 58% 61% 42% 34%

EU28 44% 46% 32% 44% 47% 52% 56% 44% 39%

UK 44% 38% 42% 44% 44% 43% 53% 45% 43%

PL 43% 45% 36% 35% 49% 28% 50% 47% 40%

SK 43% 37% 34% 40% 49% 39% 53% 44% 29%

LU 38% 46% 37% 44% 44% 46% 25% 31% 30%

MT 36% 44% 38% 30% 46% 28% 47% 33% 25%

FR 35% 26% 39% 34% 36% 33% 51% 29% 36%

IE 35% 35% 30% 33% 37% 45% 43% 31% 28%

BE 33% 39% 23% 32% 34% 49% 36% 37% 23%

HR 27% 14% 19% 19% 37% 27% 27% 25% 30%

DE 25% 19% 20% 22% 31% 25% 46% 23% 23%

AT 21% 15% 16% 17% 22% 22% 38% 24% 15%

NL 16% 14% 7% 18% 21% 28% 10% 17% 16%

FI 14% 8% 10% 17% 17% 0% 20% 15% 13%

SE 8% 7% 5% 6% 8% 0% 27% 9% 8%

DK 7% 5% 5% 5% 7% 0% 7% 6% 12%

TOTAL


Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

MY

VO

ICE

CO

UN

TS

IN O

UR

CO

UN

TR

Y

49

C. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

I. INFORMATION ABOUT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

1.1. Media recall

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q1 Have you recently read in the press, seen on the Internet or on television or heard on the radio something about the European Parliament? (%)

4244

36

6259

69

64

47

58

66

60

54 53

60

3739

30

34

50

40

33

39

4 3 41 2 1 2 3 2 1 1

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

Oct. 2008

EB70.1

Jan.-Feb. 2009

EB71.1

Jan.-Feb. 2010

EB73.1

Nov.-Dec. 2010

EB74.3

Nov. 2011

EB76.3

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Yes No Don't know

50

1) Focus on age


Q1 Have you recently read in the press, seen on the Internet or on television or heard on

the radio something about the European Parliament? (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: ME

DIA

RE

CA

LL

50

49

1

58

41

1

63

36

1

63

36

1

Yes

No

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

51

b. National results



’Yes’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

LT 81% 72% 80% 83% 84%

SE 76% 74% 63% 69% 85%

EE 75% 62% 69% 81% 78%

SK 75% 71% 70% 80% 78%

FI 74% 53% 67% 75% 84%

LU 73% 61% 71% 71% 82%

NL 73% 50% 69% 74% 82%

LV 72% 58% 67% 76% 77%

SI 72% 68% 65% 69% 80%

DE 70% 57% 63% 73% 77%

UK 69% 53% 69% 73% 74%

EL 68% 66% 69% 72% 66%

MT 68% 61% 50% 68% 81%

PT 67% 59% 67% 75% 63%

DK 62% 43% 48% 62% 76%

ES 62% 50% 61% 67% 63%

PL 62% 61% 61% 69% 60%

EU28 60% 50% 58% 63% 63%

HU 60% 52% 55% 66% 64%

AT 59% 43% 57% 66% 60%

BE 57% 54% 56% 56% 59%

CZ 57% 48% 47% 58% 66%

HR 57% 46% 55% 65% 58%

RO 54% 37% 55% 58% 58%

IT 52% 48% 63% 60% 43%

CY 51% 45% 40% 68% 53%

IE 50% 39% 47% 53% 56%

BG 49% 33% 51% 55% 50%

FR 35% 32% 30% 29% 42%

TOTAL

Age

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: M

ED

IA R

EC

AL

L

Ag

e g

rou

ps

52


‘No’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

FR 64% 68% 70% 70% 57%

IE 50% 61% 53% 47% 44%

BG 49% 67% 48% 44% 48%

CY 49% 55% 60% 32% 47%

IT 47% 51% 36% 40% 56%

RO 45% 62% 45% 42% 42%

BE 42% 46% 43% 44% 40%

HR 42% 53% 44% 34% 42%

CZ 41% 52% 50% 41% 30%

AT 39% 55% 40% 33% 38%

EU28 39% 49% 41% 36% 36%

HU 39% 47% 44% 33% 36%

ES 38% 50% 39% 33% 37%

DK 37% 53% 52% 37% 23%

PL 37% 39% 39% 31% 38%

PT 33% 41% 33% 25% 37%

EL 32% 34% 31% 28% 34%

MT 32% 39% 50% 31% 19%

UK 30% 46% 31% 27% 25%

SI 28% 32% 35% 31% 20%

DE 27% 41% 33% 25% 20%

LU 27% 39% 28% 29% 18%

LV 27% 41% 32% 24% 20%

NL 27% 48% 30% 26% 18%

FI 26% 47% 33% 24% 16%

EE 24% 38% 29% 18% 21%

SE 24% 26% 37% 30% 14%

SK 24% 29% 30% 19% 21%

LT 19% 28% 20% 17% 15%

TOTAL

Age

Ag

e g

rou

ps

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: M

ED

IA R

EC

AL

L

53

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

54

2) Focus on gender



Gen

der

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: ME

DIA

RE

CA

LL

64

35

1

57

42

1

Yes

No

Don't know

Male

Female

55

b. National results



‘Yes’ (%)

Male Female

LT 81% 83% 80%

SE 76% 75% 77%

EE 75% 78% 71%

SK 75% 76% 75%

FI 74% 79% 70%

LU 73% 77% 70%

NL 73% 78% 68%

LV 72% 74% 71%

SI 72% 77% 68%

DE 70% 75% 67%

UK 69% 74% 65%

EL 68% 70% 66%

MT 68% 64% 71%

PT 67% 71% 63%

DK 62% 68% 56%

ES 62% 63% 61%

PL 62% 68% 57%

EU28 60% 64% 57%

HU 60% 64% 58%

AT 59% 61% 56%

BE 57% 63% 51%

CZ 57% 60% 53%

HR 57% 60% 55%

RO 54% 56% 52%

IT 52% 53% 52%

CY 51% 55% 48%

IE 50% 57% 43%

BG 49% 52% 46%

FR 35% 41% 29%

TOTAL

Gender

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: M

ED

IA R

EC

AL

L

Gen

der

56


‘No’ (%)

Male Female

FR 64% 58% 71%

IE 50% 43% 57%

BG 49% 47% 52%

CY 49% 45% 52%

IT 47% 46% 48%

RO 45% 43% 48%

BE 42% 37% 48%

HR 42% 39% 44%

CZ 41% 38% 44%

AT 39% 38% 42%

EU28 39% 35% 42%

HU 39% 35% 42%

ES 38% 37% 39%

DK 37% 31% 43%

PL 37% 31% 42%

PT 33% 29% 37%

EL 32% 30% 34%

MT 32% 35% 29%

UK 30% 26% 34%

SI 28% 23% 32%

DE 27% 23% 30%

LU 27% 22% 30%

LV 27% 25% 27%

NL 27% 22% 31%

FI 26% 21% 30%

EE 24% 21% 27%

SE 24% 25% 22%

SK 24% 24% 24%

LT 19% 17% 19%

TOTAL

Gender

Gen

der

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: ME

DIA

RE

CA

LL

58





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: ME

DIA

RE

CA

LL

68

31

1

70

29

1

64

35

1

55

44

1

53

46

1

53

46

1

62

37

1

54

45

1

Yes

No

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

59

b. National results



‘Yes’ (%)

Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


LT 81% 88% 89% 79% 79% 69% 71% 84% 76%

SE 76% 67% 72% 68% 80% 100% 34% 87% 65%

EE 75% 82% 73% 86% 74% 65% 67% 77% 61%

SK 75% 86% 86% 81% 74% 61% 57% 77% 73%

FI 74% 82% 71% 80% 76% 34% 63% 83% 57%

LU 73% 87% 77% 82% 56% 87% 93% 82% 52%

NL 73% 78% 77% 78% 56% 81% 67% 84% 50%

LV 72% 80% 78% 76% 71% 74% 65% 74% 53%

SI 72% 76% 64% 73% 65% 72% 69% 80% 67%

DE 70% 86% 77% 75% 64% 66% 44% 74% 67%

UK 69% 81% 82% 74% 58% 57% 55% 74% 63%

EL 68% 78% 77% 73% 70% 62% 65% 60% 71%

MT 68% 60% 72% 71% 51% 70% 43% 87% 59%

PT 67% 80% 80% 79% 63% 44% 60% 64% 56%

DK 62% 72% 71% 56% 52% 71% 48% 73% 45%

ES 62% 56% 70% 68% 60% 59% 64% 63% 63%

PL 62% 75% 68% 67% 55% 72% 73% 59% 57%

EU28 60% 68% 70% 64% 55% 53% 53% 62% 54%

HU 60% 75% 59% 65% 58% 63% 46% 63% 58%

AT 59% 68% 62% 54% 57% 46% 48% 63% 58%

BE 57% 65% 63% 54% 56% 41% 45% 58% 60%

CZ 57% 60% 66% 50% 51% 63% 49% 66% 45%

HR 57% 75% 67% 53% 58% 64% 40% 59% 54%

RO 54% 62% 74% 54% 54% 44% 63% 56% 36%

IT 52% 63% 61% 68% 52% 40% 63% 38% 52%

CY 51% 69% 58% 52% 45% 41% 50% 54% 44%

IE 50% 66% 56% 57% 42% 45% 38% 54% 47%

BG 49% 53% 68% 59% 51% 20% 37% 47% 36%

FR 35% 17% 40% 30% 33% 17% 29% 44% 29%

TOTAL


INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: M

ED

IA R

EC

AL

L

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

60


‘No’ (%)

Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


FR 64% 80% 60% 70% 67% 83% 69% 55% 71%

IE 50% 33% 44% 43% 58% 55% 62% 46% 53%

BG 49% 46% 32% 40% 47% 80% 62% 50% 64%

CY 49% 31% 42% 48% 55% 59% 50% 46% 56%

IT 47% 37% 39% 32% 47% 60% 37% 61% 45%

RO 45% 38% 26% 46% 45% 56% 37% 44% 62%

BE 42% 35% 37% 45% 43% 59% 55% 41% 40%

HR 42% 25% 32% 47% 40% 36% 59% 40% 45%

CZ 41% 35% 33% 49% 47% 37% 51% 29% 55%

AT 39% 31% 36% 45% 42% 48% 44% 35% 42%

EU28 39% 31% 29% 35% 44% 46% 46% 37% 45%

HU 39% 21% 41% 35% 42% 37% 51% 36% 40%

ES 38% 44% 30% 32% 40% 41% 36% 37% 37%

DK 37% 28% 28% 43% 47% 29% 52% 27% 51%

PL 37% 25% 31% 32% 44% 28% 27% 39% 43%

PT 33% 20% 20% 21% 37% 56% 39% 36% 44%

EL 32% 22% 23% 27% 30% 38% 35% 40% 29%

MT 32% 34% 28% 29% 49% 30% 57% 12% 41%

UK 30% 19% 17% 26% 41% 38% 45% 26% 37%

SI 28% 24% 36% 27% 34% 28% 31% 20% 33%

DE 27% 13% 20% 22% 33% 29% 54% 23% 33%

LU 27% 13% 23% 18% 43% 13% 7% 18% 48%

LV 27% 20% 21% 24% 29% 26% 31% 24% 45%

NL 27% 22% 23% 22% 43% 19% 33% 16% 48%

FI 26% 18% 29% 20% 24% 66% 36% 17% 43%

EE 24% 17% 25% 14% 26% 35% 30% 21% 39%

SE 24% 32% 27% 31% 20% 0% 65% 13% 35%

SK 24% 14% 13% 19% 25% 39% 43% 22% 27%

LT 19% 12% 11% 21% 21% 31% 29% 15% 24%

TOTAL


Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: M

ED

IA R

EC

AL

61

1.2. Feeling informed about the European Parliament’s activities

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q2 In general, do you consider that you are very well, fairly well, fairly badly or very badly informed about the European Parliament’s activities? (%)

62

1) Focus on age


Q2 In general, do you consider that you are very well, fairly well, fairly badly or very badly

informed about the European Parliament’s activities? (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: F

EE

LIN

G IN

FOR

ME

D A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

’S A

CT

IVIT

IES

29

68

3

33

65

2

33

65

2

32

65

3

Total 'Informed'

Total 'Not informed'

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

63

b. National results



Total ’Informed’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

LT 47% 48% 49% 52% 44%

UK 45% 36% 54% 47% 42%

LU 43% 28% 34% 46% 55%

MT 43% 51% 30% 41% 48%

AT 42% 36% 41% 46% 42%

IE 41% 34% 39% 39% 47%

PL 41% 47% 45% 48% 32%

SK 41% 38% 35% 45% 44%

DK 38% 32% 27% 39% 47%

LV 37% 32% 28% 33% 46%

HU 36% 27% 38% 39% 36%

NL 36% 36% 26% 35% 41%

SI 36% 27% 31% 36% 42%

DE 35% 33% 28% 34% 42%

FI 35% 8% 30% 37% 45%

HR 35% 24% 34% 35% 38%

EU28 32% 29% 33% 33% 32%

BE 31% 25% 29% 32% 35%

IT 31% 25% 40% 36% 26%

BG 30% 20% 36% 32% 29%

EL 29% 19% 35% 35% 24%

RO 28% 20% 29% 25% 31%

CZ 27% 33% 24% 28% 25%

EE 26% 27% 22% 22% 30%

CY 24% 10% 26% 35% 24%

PT 24% 20% 28% 31% 18%

SE 24% 23% 18% 24% 27%

ES 20% 26% 19% 20% 19%

FR 18% 19% 17% 14% 21%

TOTAL

Age

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

A

ge

gro

up

s

64


Total ’Not informed’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

ES 79% 74% 81% 79% 80%

FR 79% 76% 78% 85% 76%

SE 76% 77% 82% 76% 73%

PT 75% 79% 71% 69% 80%

CY 73% 83% 73% 63% 73%

EE 73% 71% 76% 77% 69%

EL 71% 81% 65% 65% 76%

RO 71% 79% 71% 74% 69%

CZ 70% 64% 72% 67% 73%

BE 68% 75% 69% 67% 64%

BG 67% 75% 61% 65% 70%

IT 67% 74% 59% 64% 71%

EU28 66% 68% 65% 65% 65%

FI 65% 92% 70% 63% 54%

HR 64% 73% 63% 64% 61%

NL 64% 64% 74% 65% 58%

SI 64% 72% 69% 63% 58%

DE 63% 66% 70% 64% 57%

HU 63% 73% 62% 60% 63%

DK 61% 68% 73% 60% 52%

LV 61% 67% 70% 65% 52%

IE 58% 64% 60% 61% 52%

AT 57% 63% 58% 53% 58%

SK 57% 60% 62% 51% 54%

MT 56% 49% 69% 58% 51%

LU 55% 69% 64% 53% 44%

PL 52% 47% 50% 45% 60%

UK 51% 58% 42% 50% 54%

LT 50% 52% 47% 45% 53%

TOTAL

Age

Ag

e g

rou

ps

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: F

EE

LIN

G IN

FOR

ME

D A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

’S A

CT

IVIT

IES

65

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

66

2) Focus on gender



Gen

der

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

36

62

2

28

69

3

Total 'Informed'


Don't know

Male

Female

67

b. National results




Male Female

LT 47% 50% 46%

UK 45% 47% 43%

LU 43% 47% 39%

MT 43% 40% 46%

AT 42% 44% 41%

IE 41% 48% 34%

PL 41% 47% 36%

SK 41% 41% 41%

DK 38% 41% 36%

LV 37% 38% 36%

HU 36% 39% 34%

NL 36% 39% 33%

SI 36% 41% 32%

DE 35% 40% 31%

FI 35% 39% 31%

HR 35% 39% 30%

EU28 32% 36% 28%

BE 31% 33% 30%

IT 31% 34% 29%

BG 30% 33% 27%

EL 29% 33% 24%

RO 28% 33% 23%

CZ 27% 31% 23%

EE 26% 30% 23%

CY 24% 26% 24%

PT 24% 32% 18%

SE 24% 30% 18%

ES 20% 24% 17%

FR 18% 20% 16%

TOTAL

Gender

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

G

end

er

68



Male Female

ES 79% 75% 82%

FR 79% 79% 78%

SE 76% 70% 82%

PT 75% 67% 82%

CY 73% 72% 72%

EE 73% 68% 76%

EL 71% 67% 76%

RO 71% 67% 76%

CZ 70% 66% 74%

BE 68% 67% 68%

BG 67% 65% 70%

IT 67% 63% 70%

EU28 66% 62% 69%

FI 65% 61% 69%

HR 64% 59% 69%

NL 64% 61% 67%

SI 64% 59% 68%

DE 63% 58% 67%

HU 63% 61% 65%

DK 61% 58% 64%

LV 61% 60% 62%

IE 58% 51% 65%

AT 57% 55% 59%

SK 57% 57% 56%

MT 56% 59% 53%

LU 55% 52% 59%

PL 52% 47% 57%

UK 51% 50% 52%

LT 50% 48% 51%

TOTAL

Gender

Gen

der

IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

69





INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

35

64

1

44

55

1

35

62

3

28

69

3

23

75

2

27

71

2

31

66

3

32

65

3

Total 'Informed'


Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

70

b. National results




Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


LT 47% 56% 59% 62% 42% 24% 40% 45% 47%

UK 45% 48% 59% 44% 43% 37% 41% 41% 40%

LU 43% 57% 46% 49% 34% 39% 35% 51% 28%

MT 43% 35% 46% 50% 31% 36% 24% 52% 56%

AT 42% 48% 58% 43% 40% 22% 25% 38% 47%

IE 41% 35% 50% 44% 32% 35% 29% 49% 39%

PL 41% 48% 51% 44% 41% 53% 45% 28% 52%

SK 41% 41% 65% 51% 35% 16% 29% 41% 43%

DK 38% 52% 43% 28% 32% 35% 28% 44% 37%

LV 37% 25% 42% 45% 33% 32% 28% 41% 32%

HU 36% 37% 46% 44% 32% 32% 35% 35% 28%

NL 36% 37% 37% 30% 21% 45% 25% 43% 40%

SI 36% 38% 31% 38% 31% 44% 36% 41% 30%

DE 35% 42% 44% 32% 25% 26% 28% 41% 32%

FI 35% 39% 42% 36% 28% 35% 18% 46% 14%

HR 35% 32% 47% 34% 35% 35% 20% 37% 32%

EU28 32% 35% 44% 35% 28% 23% 27% 31% 32%

BE 31% 47% 41% 30% 23% 19% 25% 34% 30%

IT 31% 34% 64% 47% 22% 15% 40% 22% 32%

BG 30% 37% 51% 42% 31% 17% 14% 25% 24%

EL 29% 40% 47% 35% 34% 20% 20% 22% 23%

RO 28% 25% 40% 29% 25% 21% 29% 31% 22%

CZ 27% 35% 36% 25% 23% 22% 32% 22% 32%

EE 26% 25% 26% 25% 23% 20% 20% 28% 36%

CY 24% 41% 30% 32% 26% 16% 22% 23% 13%

PT 24% 21% 47% 35% 21% 7% 24% 19% 18%

SE 24% 29% 25% 22% 17% 7% 19% 27% 21%

ES 20% 20% 31% 22% 16% 16% 21% 20% 34%

FR 18% 6% 19% 11% 19% 20% 9% 22% 17%

TOTAL


Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: F

EE

LIN

G IN

FOR

ME

D A

BO

UT

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

’S A

CT

IVIT

IES

71



Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


ES 79% 80% 69% 76% 84% 82% 79% 79% 66%

FR 79% 91% 80% 82% 79% 79% 86% 74% 77%

SE 76% 71% 75% 78% 83% 93% 81% 73% 79%

PT 75% 76% 53% 64% 79% 93% 75% 80% 82%

CY 73% 59% 68% 67% 74% 77% 78% 73% 76%

EE 73% 72% 73% 75% 76% 80% 80% 70% 62%

EL 71% 60% 53% 65% 66% 80% 80% 78% 77%

RO 71% 73% 60% 71% 74% 78% 71% 69% 77%

CZ 70% 63% 64% 72% 68% 78% 66% 75% 66%

BE 68% 53% 58% 68% 75% 81% 71% 66% 70%

BG 67% 61% 46% 53% 68% 83% 82% 73% 71%

IT 67% 65% 36% 53% 77% 84% 59% 74% 66%

EU28 66% 64% 55% 62% 69% 75% 71% 66% 65%

FI 65% 61% 58% 64% 72% 65% 82% 54% 86%

HR 64% 66% 51% 66% 63% 63% 78% 62% 67%

NL 64% 63% 63% 70% 79% 55% 75% 56% 60%

SI 64% 61% 69% 61% 69% 56% 64% 59% 68%

DE 63% 58% 55% 63% 73% 71% 71% 57% 65%

HU 63% 61% 54% 55% 67% 68% 65% 64% 72%

DK 61% 48% 57% 72% 67% 65% 72% 55% 63%

LV 61% 71% 57% 51% 65% 65% 71% 58% 68%

IE 58% 65% 49% 56% 66% 63% 68% 51% 60%

AT 57% 52% 40% 57% 59% 76% 72% 62% 53%

SK 57% 55% 33% 48% 62% 82% 67% 56% 54%

MT 56% 65% 52% 50% 69% 63% 68% 46% 44%

LU 55% 39% 54% 51% 64% 57% 65% 48% 68%

PL 52% 48% 43% 50% 51% 39% 51% 64% 38%

UK 51% 48% 40% 53% 49% 59% 55% 56% 55%

LT 50% 44% 39% 36% 55% 76% 54% 52% 53%

TOTAL


INFO

RM

AT

ION

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: FE

EL

ING

INFO

RM

ED

AB

OU

T T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T’S

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

73

II. IMAGE AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2.1. General image of the European Parliament

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q3 In general, does the European Parliament conjure up for you a very positive, fairly positive, neutral, fairly negative or very negative image? (%)

39

34

26

27

30 30

2425

4143

4543

4243

4644

1517

26

28

2523

2728

56

32

34

3 3

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

Oct. 2008

EB70.1

Nov. 2011

EB76.3

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Total 'Positive' Neutral Total 'Negative' Don't know

74

1) Focus on age


Q3 In general, does the European Parliament conjure up for you a very positive, fairly

positive, neutral, fairly negative or very negative image? (%)

Ag

e g

rou

ps

IM

AG

E A

ND

RO

LE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T

28

48

20

4

27

48

22

3

24

44

30

2

23

41

31

5

Total 'Positive'

Neutral

Total 'Negative'

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

75

b. National results



Total ‘Positive’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

BG 38% 44% 51% 39% 29%

IE 38% 39% 38% 39% 40%

RO 38% 33% 42% 38% 36%

LU 35% 28% 28% 32% 47%

MT 35% 50% 28% 31% 36%

HR 31% 29% 32% 33% 29%

PL 31% 32% 28% 33% 32%

SE 31% 33% 34% 24% 33%

IT 30% 38% 40% 31% 23%

DK 29% 20% 28% 25% 34%

PT 28% 35% 33% 31% 22%

SK 28% 39% 25% 28% 26%

CY 27% 27% 23% 33% 27%

DE 27% 34% 24% 25% 28%

LT 26% 30% 33% 25% 22%

NL 26% 42% 30% 22% 23%

EU28 25% 28% 27% 24% 23%

HU 25% 27% 26% 24% 25%

AT 24% 28% 30% 21% 21%

BE 24% 30% 28% 18% 25%

FI 23% 23% 26% 18% 25%

UK 23% 27% 31% 18% 17%

SI 21% 24% 18% 18% 24%

EE 18% 18% 21% 16% 18%

ES 18% 19% 18% 18% 18%

CZ 17% 23% 19% 15% 15%

EL 17% 15% 18% 18% 16%

LV 14% 18% 16% 10% 15%

FR 12% 12% 9% 14% 14%

TOTAL

Age

IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

Ag

e g

rou

ps

76


Total ‘Negative’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

EL 41% 30% 37% 41% 47%

FR 35% 28% 29% 35% 40%

CZ 34% 27% 30% 39% 38%

AT 32% 25% 22% 32% 41%

IT 32% 28% 26% 32% 36%

UK 31% 20% 12% 37% 47%

BE 28% 15% 21% 38% 30%

ES 28% 17% 34% 30% 26%

EU28 28% 20% 22% 30% 31%

NL 27% 16% 21% 31% 30%

SI 26% 19% 26% 26% 29%

SK 25% 13% 25% 27% 29%

DE 24% 15% 23% 29% 24%

PT 24% 10% 18% 25% 30%

BG 21% 13% 17% 21% 25%

LV 21% 9% 14% 20% 28%

PL 21% 20% 22% 19% 23%

HU 20% 23% 13% 25% 20%

LU 20% 19% 25% 21% 15%

RO 20% 21% 16% 19% 21%

SE 20% 4% 17% 20% 25%

CY 19% 17% 13% 20% 24%

DK 19% 15% 15% 23% 21%

FI 19% 17% 6% 22% 23%

IE 19% 14% 16% 19% 24%

HR 17% 15% 12% 14% 22%

EE 13% 3% 8% 19% 15%

LT 13% 12% 7% 14% 17%

MT 10% 2% 11% 10% 12%

TOTAL

Age

Ag

e g

rou

ps

IM

AG

E A

ND

RO

LE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T

77

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

78

2) Focus on gender



Gen

der

I

MA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: G

EN

ER

AL

IMA

GE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

24

42

31

3

25

46

25

4

Total 'Positive'

Neutral

Total 'Negative'

Don't know

Male

Female

79

b. National results



Total ‘Positive’ (%)

Male Female

BG 38% 38% 38%

IE 38% 39% 39%

RO 38% 38% 37%

LU 35% 35% 36%

MT 35% 33% 37%

HR 31% 32% 29%

PL 31% 28% 33%

SE 31% 33% 29%

IT 30% 29% 32%

DK 29% 31% 26%

PT 28% 31% 26%

SK 28% 27% 28%

CY 27% 31% 23%

DE 27% 26% 28%

LT 26% 29% 25%

NL 26% 29% 24%

EU28 25% 24% 25%

HU 25% 24% 26%

AT 24% 23% 24%

BE 24% 28% 22%

FI 23% 23% 24%

UK 23% 20% 25%

SI 21% 22% 20%

EE 18% 20% 17%

ES 18% 20% 16%

CZ 17% 18% 17%

EL 17% 17% 17%

LV 14% 15% 14%

FR 12% 14% 11%

TOTAL

Gender

IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

Gen

der

80


Total ‘Negative’ (%)

Male Female

EL 41% 42% 39%

FR 35% 39% 31%

CZ 34% 39% 30%

AT 32% 34% 31%

IT 32% 32% 31%

UK 31% 35% 28%

BE 28% 29% 27%

ES 28% 30% 26%

EU28 28% 31% 25%

NL 27% 28% 26%

SI 26% 29% 24%

SK 25% 29% 22%

DE 24% 28% 20%

PT 24% 28% 21%

BG 21% 23% 18%

LV 21% 23% 19%

PL 21% 28% 16%

HU 20% 21% 19%

LU 20% 21% 19%

RO 20% 21% 18%

SE 20% 18% 23%

CY 19% 22% 17%

DK 19% 23% 16%

FI 19% 21% 16%

IE 19% 23% 15%

HR 17% 16% 18%

EE 13% 15% 11%

LT 13% 16% 11%

MT 10% 14% 6%

TOTAL

Gender

Gen

der

I

MA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: G

EN

ER

AL

IMA

GE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

81





IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

28

40

30

2

30

46

23

1

29

44

25

2

20

47

29

4

22

40

29

9

22

44

30

4

23

42

31

4

31

48

18

3

Total 'Positive'

Neutral

Total 'Negative'

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

82

b. National results



Total ’Positive’ (%)

Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


BG 38% 49% 51% 52% 39% 53% 31% 25% 39%

IE 38% 34% 43% 55% 36% 33% 29% 39% 39%

RO 38% 23% 49% 53% 41% 27% 42% 35% 34%

LU 35% 34% 35% 36% 28% 28% 33% 47% 24%

MT 35% 25% 36% 25% 31% 38% 15% 36% 57%

HR 31% 40% 42% 38% 29% 31% 19% 27% 35%

PL 31% 30% 28% 36% 28% 33% 29% 31% 32%

SE 31% 29% 31% 36% 28% 63% 11% 33% 32%

IT 30% 33% 49% 41% 25% 22% 29% 20% 46%

DK 29% 41% 32% 24% 18% 35% 36% 35% 25%

PT 28% 23% 48% 35% 26% 15% 33% 20% 35%

SK 28% 26% 41% 38% 19% 26% 25% 27% 39%

CY 27% 34% 26% 30% 31% 26% 19% 27% 27%

DE 27% 31% 32% 26% 20% 24% 22% 26% 39%

LT 26% 37% 42% 37% 21% 12% 23% 22% 25%

NL 26% 28% 31% 20% 22% 23% 21% 22% 48%

EU28 25% 28% 30% 29% 20% 22% 22% 23% 31%

HU 25% 27% 30% 31% 19% 17% 24% 28% 25%

AT 24% 22% 39% 26% 15% 18% 15% 21% 43%

BE 24% 40% 19% 27% 18% 16% 23% 24% 37%

FI 23% 32% 32% 24% 15% 0% 21% 25% 19%

UK 23% 25% 28% 25% 19% 22% 29% 16% 32%

SI 21% 17% 27% 14% 12% 4% 22% 25% 29%

EE 18% 17% 25% 21% 11% 6% 22% 18% 23%

ES 18% 20% 24% 21% 12% 19% 19% 21% 18%

CZ 17% 26% 29% 16% 15% 23% 17% 13% 19%

EL 17% 21% 36% 18% 13% 19% 8% 14% 18%

LV 14% 14% 18% 20% 10% 22% 7% 13% 23%

FR 12% 12% 18% 11% 10% 10% 14% 14% 11%

TOTAL


Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

IM

AG

E A

ND

RO

LE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T

83


Total ’Negative’ (%)

Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


EL 41% 48% 17% 39% 55% 47% 36% 41% 31%

FR 35% 28% 27% 29% 37% 48% 39% 38% 25%

CZ 34% 41% 27% 29% 42% 34% 34% 37% 25%

AT 32% 22% 16% 32% 37% 39% 45% 41% 11%

IT 32% 34% 21% 24% 33% 42% 35% 37% 22%

UK 31% 33% 31% 27% 25% 28% 24% 46% 17%

BE 28% 29% 27% 22% 34% 22% 22% 34% 11%

ES 28% 27% 24% 34% 30% 19% 33% 30% 22%

EU28 28% 30% 23% 25% 29% 29% 30% 31% 18%

NL 27% 33% 23% 32% 22% 40% 20% 30% 14%

SI 26% 32% 19% 28% 28% 24% 32% 29% 13%

SK 25% 31% 15% 25% 29% 11% 22% 29% 15%

DE 24% 29% 18% 22% 30% 25% 36% 24% 11%

PT 24% 31% 16% 21% 26% 21% 18% 32% 5%

BG 21% 19% 16% 19% 24% 13% 17% 25% 9%

LV 21% 16% 18% 12% 20% 8% 20% 31% 5%

PL 21% 25% 20% 20% 27% 4% 18% 22% 15%

HU 20% 33% 16% 14% 22% 7% 30% 20% 11%

LU 20% 18% 30% 17% 14% 34% 0% 17% 25%

RO 20% 34% 10% 8% 17% 27% 11% 22% 22%

SE 20% 11% 19% 15% 19% 7% 59% 26% 4%

CY 19% 20% 12% 10% 25% 25% 20% 24% 16%

DK 19% 15% 20% 23% 20% 0% 20% 20% 15%

FI 19% 18% 12% 16% 18% 0% 29% 21% 17%

IE 19% 23% 14% 16% 18% 21% 19% 27% 12%

HR 17% 17% 13% 15% 13% 4% 22% 23% 13%

EE 13% 10% 8% 12% 18% 6% 20% 15% 3%

LT 13% 9% 11% 8% 14% 13% 12% 16% 12%

MT 10% 14% 8% 4% 11% 10% 16% 14% 6%

TOTAL


IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: GE

NE

RA

L IM

AG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

85

2.2. Role of the European Parliament in the future

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q4 Would you personally like to see the European Parliament play a more important or

less important role than it currently does? (%)

48

44

48

55

52

45

54

4947

4446

1214

16

19

22

20

21

20

27

21

28

2224

22

17 16

24

16

12

25

13

1818

14

9 10 119

11

14

10

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

Oct. 2008

EB70.1

Jan.-Feb. 2009

EB71.1

Jan.-Feb. 2010

EB73.1

Nov.-Dec. 2010

EB74.3

Nov. 2011

EB76.3

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

More important Less important The same (SPONTANEOUS) Don't know

86

1) Focus on age




Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

IM

AG

E A

ND

RO

LE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: RO

LE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

IN T

HE

FU

TU

RE

52

21

12

15

50

26

13

11

45

30

14

11

43

31

12

14

More important

Less important

The same (SPONTANEOUS)

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

87

b. National results



‘More important’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

CY 76% 65% 80% 75% 79%

MT 69% 77% 67% 69% 66%

ES 68% 69% 68% 69% 66%

BE 64% 68% 69% 56% 65%

LU 63% 64% 53% 61% 72%

LT 62% 72% 67% 64% 55%

RO 61% 55% 59% 63% 62%

PT 59% 60% 57% 63% 57%

LV 56% 73% 60% 50% 52%

SI 54% 55% 44% 49% 62%

EL 53% 56% 55% 57% 49%

IE 51% 56% 55% 50% 46%

FR 49% 57% 53% 46% 47%

FI 47% 53% 53% 41% 45%

NL 47% 53% 51% 41% 46%

SK 47% 63% 46% 43% 43%

EU28 46% 52% 50% 45% 43%

HR 45% 47% 47% 48% 43%

IT 44% 52% 54% 43% 39%

DE 42% 52% 38% 38% 43%

SE 42% 57% 44% 35% 41%

BG 41% 45% 42% 40% 39%

EE 40% 47% 43% 44% 33%

HU 40% 31% 43% 39% 42%

UK 37% 48% 50% 38% 24%

AT 36% 45% 41% 32% 34%

CZ 34% 35% 40% 31% 31%

PL 34% 36% 35% 35% 31%

DK 29% 30% 33% 32% 25%

TOTAL

Age

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: RO

LE

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T IN

TH

E FU

TU

RE

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

88

2) Focus on gender




Gen

der

IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T IN

TH

E F

UT

UR

E

46

31

12

11

46

25

14

15

More important

Less important


Don't know

Male

Female

89

b. National results




Male Female

CY 76% 81% 72%

MT 69% 66% 71%

ES 68% 69% 66%

BE 64% 63% 65%

LU 63% 62% 63%

LT 62% 63% 62%

RO 61% 59% 62%

PT 59% 63% 55%

LV 56% 52% 60%

SI 54% 57% 51%

EL 53% 58% 49%

IE 51% 52% 50%

FR 49% 49% 50%

FI 47% 48% 46%

NL 47% 47% 46%

SK 47% 46% 47%

EU28 46% 46% 46%

HR 45% 47% 44%

IT 44% 46% 43%

DE 42% 44% 40%

SE 42% 44% 40%

BG 41% 40% 42%

EE 40% 43% 37%

HU 40% 37% 42%

UK 37% 33% 42%

AT 36% 36% 37%

CZ 34% 34% 33%

PL 34% 31% 36%

DK 29% 30% 29%

TOTAL

Gender

IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: RO

LE

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T IN

TH

E FU

TU

RE

Gen

der

90





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

I

MA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: R

OL

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T IN

TH

E F

UT

UR

E

48

29

13

10

48

28

15

9

47

29

14

10

45

30

12

13

43

25

17

15

49

24

12

15

43

30

12

15

56

20

12

12

More important

Less important


Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

91

b. National results




Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


CY 76% 75% 82% 90% 82% 57% 68% 78% 62%

MT 69% 78% 64% 63% 69% 74% 85% 60% 78%

ES 68% 68% 85% 73% 65% 60% 64% 70% 77%

BE 64% 67% 73% 70% 59% 53% 50% 62% 75%

LU 63% 74% 50% 57% 62% 51% 21% 73% 76%

LT 62% 50% 75% 69% 61% 64% 53% 58% 69%

RO 61% 58% 63% 57% 65% 58% 57% 62% 55%

PT 59% 49% 63% 63% 61% 54% 66% 56% 55%

LV 56% 52% 55% 47% 58% 74% 62% 52% 72%

SI 54% 40% 53% 48% 49% 48% 45% 64% 56%

EL 53% 55% 85% 51% 43% 48% 59% 49% 58%

IE 51% 38% 48% 60% 49% 50% 62% 46% 58%

FR 49% 50% 58% 48% 48% 39% 48% 47% 59%

FI 47% 44% 55% 40% 48% 50% 38% 42% 55%

NL 47% 49% 52% 45% 40% 36% 45% 45% 55%

SK 47% 47% 52% 40% 44% 43% 43% 47% 69%

EU28 46% 48% 48% 47% 45% 43% 49% 43% 56%

HR 45% 42% 53% 50% 43% 39% 45% 43% 54%

IT 44% 52% 59% 46% 42% 31% 56% 37% 56%

DE 42% 36% 42% 37% 41% 35% 40% 44% 53%

SE 42% 36% 47% 32% 37% 100% 21% 45% 57%

BG 41% 53% 44% 50% 37% 41% 30% 39% 45%

EE 40% 54% 43% 43% 41% 28% 34% 31% 52%

HU 40% 38% 49% 49% 33% 51% 29% 44% 34%

UK 37% 43% 35% 41% 39% 40% 50% 25% 57%

AT 36% 41% 46% 35% 30% 30% 40% 34% 52%

CZ 34% 34% 40% 38% 32% 44% 45% 28% 32%

PL 34% 31% 35% 42% 31% 37% 29% 31% 40%

DK 29% 35% 44% 30% 21% 30% 36% 24% 34%

TOTAL


IMA

GE

AN

D R

OL

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: RO

LE

OF T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T IN

TH

E FU

TU

RE

Occu

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nal g

rou

ps

93

III. KNOWLEDGE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

3.1. How the European Parliament works

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q5 And, in your opinion, do members of the European Parliament sit in the European

Parliament according to…? (%)

33

36

4342

4344

43

48 4847

44

36

3938

36 36

39

35

38

35

23

28

1820

2120

1817

14

18

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

Jan.-Feb. 2009

EB71.1

Jan.-Feb. 2010

EB73.1

Nov.-Dec. 2010

EB74.3

Nov. 2011

EB76.3

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

Their political affinities Their nationality Don't know

94

1) Focus on age




Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

K

NO

WL

ED

GE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: HO

W T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T W

OR

KS

46

35

19

47

38

15

48

36

16

47

32

21

Their political affinities

Their nationality

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

95

b. National results



‘Their political affinities’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

FI 64% 53% 57% 62% 72%

BE 63% 60% 64% 66% 62%

CY 63% 69% 60% 61% 64%

SI 62% 56% 62% 61% 65%

EE 58% 50% 52% 64% 60%

ES 58% 60% 53% 60% 58%

NL 57% 50% 49% 57% 64%

SE 57% 53% 55% 56% 60%

PT 54% 51% 57% 57% 50%

RO 54% 55% 57% 50% 54%

FR 52% 52% 57% 47% 52%

LV 52% 50% 44% 51% 58%

LU 51% 50% 52% 54% 47%

MT 51% 37% 44% 62% 55%

HR 50% 49% 46% 48% 54%

DE 47% 51% 44% 49% 46%

DK 47% 41% 43% 49% 52%

EU28 47% 46% 47% 48% 47%

LT 47% 48% 43% 52% 47%

EL 46% 55% 42% 43% 48%

PL 46% 39% 46% 47% 47%

HU 44% 38% 42% 44% 47%

SK 40% 29% 40% 38% 47%

AT 39% 44% 37% 35% 41%

IE 39% 42% 33% 36% 46%

UK 39% 37% 36% 40% 41%

IT 38% 38% 42% 44% 33%

CZ 35% 42% 33% 35% 36%

BG 32% 12% 36% 37% 32%

TOTAL

Age

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: HO

W T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T W

OR

KS

Occu

patio

nal g

rou

ps

96

2) Focus on gender




Gen

der

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: H

OW

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

WO

RK

S

51

34

15

44

35

21


Their nationality

Don't know

Male

Female

97

b. National results




Male Female

FI 64% 68% 60%

BE 63% 67% 60%

CY 63% 63% 63%

SI 62% 66% 59%

EE 58% 60% 57%

ES 58% 62% 53%

NL 57% 59% 55%

SE 57% 58% 56%

PT 54% 56% 52%

RO 54% 55% 53%

FR 52% 55% 49%

LV 52% 50% 54%

LU 51% 51% 51%

MT 51% 48% 54%

HR 50% 50% 50%

DE 47% 55% 40%

DK 47% 51% 44%

EU28 47% 51% 44%

LT 47% 49% 47%

EL 46% 47% 45%

PL 46% 49% 43%

HU 44% 46% 41%

SK 40% 41% 39%

AT 39% 42% 36%

IE 39% 40% 39%

UK 39% 43% 35%

IT 38% 42% 35%

CZ 35% 40% 32%

BG 32% 34% 30%

TOTAL

Gender

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: HO

W T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T W

OR

KS

Gen

der

98





Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

s

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: H

OW

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

WO

RK

S

51

35

14

51

39

10

45

42

13

46

36

18

43

32

25

47

32

21

47

30

23

49

36

15


Their nationality

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

99

b. National results




Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


FI 64% 64% 72% 56% 56% 69% 68% 70% 49%

BE 63% 58% 63% 66% 62% 57% 79% 64% 55%

CY 63% 68% 53% 66% 61% 53% 73% 60% 67%

SI 62% 58% 60% 73% 53% 57% 67% 65% 59%

EE 58% 58% 67% 56% 57% 41% 57% 61% 43%

ES 58% 50% 56% 59% 59% 56% 58% 57% 64%

NL 57% 60% 53% 54% 54% 62% 50% 65% 49%

SE 57% 69% 53% 53% 52% 100% 49% 62% 55%

PT 54% 46% 57% 59% 58% 38% 58% 52% 42%

RO 54% 57% 59% 49% 51% 68% 52% 54% 49%

FR 52% 51% 55% 44% 51% 48% 55% 53% 52%

LV 52% 40% 49% 47% 54% 47% 47% 60% 46%

LU 51% 55% 40% 46% 62% 54% 73% 47% 51%

MT 51% 45% 57% 52% 45% 55% 57% 52% 45%

HR 50% 44% 53% 51% 48% 32% 52% 54% 42%

DE 47% 61% 57% 38% 47% 31% 38% 46% 49%

DK 47% 60% 61% 48% 38% 35% 30% 48% 42%

EU28 47% 51% 51% 45% 46% 43% 47% 47% 49%

LT 47% 62% 42% 42% 53% 51% 41% 47% 47%

EL 46% 46% 41% 34% 50% 40% 53% 50% 56%

PL 46% 49% 51% 43% 45% 45% 43% 47% 40%

HU 44% 54% 40% 39% 45% 58% 41% 46% 30%

SK 40% 45% 45% 40% 38% 44% 33% 45% 28%

AT 39% 37% 41% 40% 39% 31% 29% 40% 42%

IE 39% 45% 36% 36% 36% 38% 29% 45% 50%

UK 39% 44% 41% 39% 33% 40% 36% 38% 55%

IT 38% 49% 40% 45% 34% 37% 42% 30% 43%

CZ 35% 41% 41% 29% 36% 22% 32% 36% 45%

BG 32% 43% 39% 39% 33% 13% 32% 30% 11%

TOTAL


KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: HO

W T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T W

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101

3.2. The decision-making procedure of the European Parliament

EUROPEAN AVERAGE

Q6 Would you say that the European Parliament’s decisions are adopted above all…? (%)

25

29

37 37

37

4038

4341

3436

39

38

32

35

15

18

13

1312

8

20

9

19 19

14 14

10

13

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Oct.-Nov. 2007

EB68.1

Oct. 2008

EB70.1

Nov. 2011

EB76.3

Nov.-Dec. 2012

EB78.2

June 2013

EB79.5

Nov.-Dec. 2014

EB82.4

Sept. 2015

EB84.1

Sept.-Oct. 2016

EB86.1

According to the political affinities of the MEPs

According to the interests of the Member States from which the MEPs come

Both (SPONTANEOUS)

Don't know

102

1) Focus on age



Ag

e g

rou

ps

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: T

HE

DE

CIS

ION

-MA

KIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

40

37

9

14

43

38

8

11

45

36

8

11

43

32

9

16

According to the political affinities

of the MEPs

According to the interests

of the Member States from

which the MEPs come

Both (SPONTANEOUS)

Don't know

15-24

25-39

40-54

55+

103

b. National results


‘According to the political affinities of the MEPs’ (%)

15-24 25-39 40-54 55 +

ES 58% 60% 58% 61% 56%

BE 56% 60% 57% 54% 55%

FI 56% 47% 56% 49% 61%

SI 54% 51% 54% 53% 55%

SE 53% 72% 54% 49% 52%

FR 50% 45% 53% 51% 49%

LV 49% 41% 42% 51% 53%

MT 45% 21% 56% 41% 49%

NL 44% 44% 39% 46% 47%

DK 43% 35% 51% 44% 40%

EE 43% 37% 38% 48% 46%

EU28 43% 40% 43% 45% 43%

LU 43% 44% 38% 47% 44%

PL 42% 38% 43% 42% 42%

CY 41% 63% 42% 29% 35%

IE 40% 35% 38% 38% 46%

RO 40% 35% 43% 35% 44%

AT 39% 45% 40% 39% 36%

DE 39% 41% 36% 42% 38%

EL 39% 48% 37% 39% 38%

PT 39% 32% 39% 44% 38%

UK 39% 35% 38% 41% 41%

CZ 38% 43% 37% 37% 38%

HR 37% 36% 38% 38% 37%

HU 37% 32% 33% 37% 41%

IT 37% 27% 38% 44% 34%

SK 37% 30% 32% 38% 42%

LT 33% 33% 36% 31% 33%

BG 29% 21% 26% 32% 33%

TOTAL

Age

WH

AT

BR

ING

S E

UR

OP

EA

N C

ITIZ

EN

S T

OG

ET

HE

R IS

MO

RE

IMP

OR

TA

NT

TH

AN

WH

AT

SE

PA

RA

TE

S T

HE

M

Gen

der g

rou

ps

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: TH

E D

EC

ISIO

N-M

AK

ING

PR

OC

ES

S O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

Ag

e g

rou

ps

104

2) Focus on gender



Gen

der

K

NO

WL

ED

GE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: TH

E D

EC

ISIO

N-M

AK

ING

PR

OC

ED

UR

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T

46

34

9

11

40

36

9

15


of the MEPs



which the MEPs come

Both (SPONTANEOUS)

Don't know

Male

Female

105

b. National results



Male Female

ES 58% 60% 57%

BE 56% 59% 53%

FI 56% 57% 54%

SI 54% 57% 51%

SE 53% 52% 55%

FR 50% 53% 47%

LV 49% 49% 49%

MT 45% 44% 46%

NL 44% 48% 41%

DK 43% 47% 39%

EE 43% 44% 43%

EU28 43% 46% 40%

LU 43% 45% 41%

PL 42% 47% 37%

CY 41% 40% 41%

IE 40% 42% 38%

RO 40% 38% 42%

AT 39% 43% 35%

DE 39% 45% 33%

EL 39% 41% 37%

PT 39% 37% 41%

UK 39% 44% 35%

CZ 38% 40% 36%

HR 37% 37% 37%

HU 37% 39% 36%

IT 37% 41% 34%

SK 37% 37% 36%

LT 33% 35% 32%

BG 29% 34% 26%

TOTAL

Gender

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: TH

E D

EC

ISIO

N-M

AK

ING

PR

OC

ES

S O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

Gen

der

106




Occ

up

atio

nal

gro

up

KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F T

HE

EU

RO

PE

AN

PA

RL

IAM

EN

T: T

HE

DE

CIS

ION

-MA

KIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

OF

TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

46

34

9

11

45

40

9

6

42

42

7

9

44

35

8

13

39

31

9

21

44

33

9

14

42

31

10

17

40

41

8

11


of the MEPs



which the MEPs come

Both (SPONTANEOUS)

Don't know

Self-employed

Managers

Other white collars

Manual workers

House persons

Unemployed

Retired

Students

107

b. National results



Self-

employedManagers

Other

white

collars

Manual

workers

House

persons

Unem-


ES 58% 52% 68% 64% 59% 51% 59% 57% 68%

BE 56% 45% 53% 62% 55% 59% 64% 55% 55%

FI 56% 52% 54% 58% 46% 65% 52% 65% 51%

SI 54% 59% 53% 57% 49% 42% 56% 54% 55%

SE 53% 37% 57% 45% 48% 63% 61% 56% 65%

FR 50% 55% 46% 50% 47% 54% 50% 52% 48%

LV 49% 43% 45% 49% 48% 54% 48% 53% 41%

MT 45% 53% 55% 49% 40% 47% 45% 47% 23%

NL 44% 55% 43% 36% 43% 57% 52% 46% 40%

DK 43% 61% 50% 45% 39% 35% 63% 39% 34%

EE 43% 52% 40% 43% 44% 39% 49% 47% 33%

EU28 43% 46% 45% 42% 44% 39% 44% 42% 40%

LU 43% 46% 48% 38% 43% 52% 41% 41% 43%

PL 42% 50% 50% 44% 41% 21% 41% 40% 35%

CY 41% 54% 29% 36% 43% 30% 39% 35% 65%

IE 40% 38% 39% 34% 39% 39% 31% 49% 43%

RO 40% 41% 50% 39% 35% 45% 35% 44% 31%

AT 39% 43% 43% 43% 40% 27% 32% 34% 38%

DE 39% 48% 39% 36% 48% 27% 37% 37% 32%

EL 39% 39% 36% 34% 42% 36% 52% 37% 40%

PT 39% 32% 44% 50% 38% 47% 33% 39% 29%

UK 39% 37% 50% 40% 33% 40% 43% 38% 36%

CZ 38% 42% 40% 35% 37% 32% 36% 39% 43%

HR 37% 32% 40% 37% 40% 32% 42% 36% 30%

HU 37% 35% 30% 28% 41% 28% 45% 41% 20%

IT 37% 47% 38% 36% 46% 32% 25% 32% 33%

SK 37% 46% 35% 31% 37% 32% 29% 41% 32%

LT 33% 52% 28% 27% 39% 34% 29% 34% 25%

BG 29% 38% 37% 32% 25% 27% 35% 30% 20%

TOTAL


KN

OW

LE

DG

E O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

: TH

E D

EC

ISIO

N-M

AK

ING

PR

OC

ES

S O

F TH

E E

UR

OP

EA

N P

AR

LIA

ME

NT

O

ccup

ation

al gro

up

s

108

This 2016 Parlemeter of the European Parliament (EP/EB 86.1) was conducted in the 28 Member States of the European Union, from 24 September until 3 October 2016, by Kantar Public (previously TNS opinion). This socio-demographic focus aims at presenting the national socio-demographic details for a selection of key findings of this survey: the feeling of membership to the EU, the voice of the European citizens, information and knowledge about the European Parliament, its image and role.

The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the author and any opinions expressed therein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. It is addressed to the Members and staff of the EP for their parliamentary work.

© European Union 2016

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