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EU Beneficial For Countries, Say Europeans

August 11, 2003

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(CPOD) Aug. 11, 2003 - Residents of the European Union (EU) believe the continental alliance is valuable for constituent states, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer. Half of all respondents believe their respective countries have improved as a result of membership.

Ireland, Luxembourg and Greece were the territories with the most positive responses, while 50 per cent of Swede respondents say their country has not benefited from EU membership.

Polling Data

Do you think your country has benefited or not from being a member of the European Union?

Benefited

Not benefited

European Union

50%

29%

Ireland

77%

10%

Luxembourg

74%

18%

Greece

74%

19%

Denmark

70%

15%

Portugal

68%

20%

The Netherlands

65%

19%

Spain

62%

19%

Belgium

57%

23%

Italy

52%

22%

France

50%

26%

Finland

46%

40%

Germany

45%

34%

Austria

41%

43%

Great Britain

32%

44%

Sweden

31%

50%


Source: Eurobarometer / European Opinion Research Group
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews to 16,307 European nationals - ages 15 and up - in each of the European Union's 15 member states, conducted from Mar. 18 to Apr. 30, 2003. Margin of error ranges from 1.9 per cent to 3.1 per cent

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