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Europeans Positive On Continental Integration

August 08, 2003

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(CPOD) Aug. 8, 2003 - Residents of the European Union (EU) support continental integration, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer. 54 per cent of all respondents say EU membership is a good thing for their respective countries.

The Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia have held positive referenda on EU membership this year. Citizens of Cyprus, Estonia and Latvia will vote on the matter in the upcoming months.

Luxembourg and the Netherlands were the countries with the most positive responses towards the EU, while 27 per cent of Swede residents view continental integration negatively.

Polling Data

Do you think the your country's membership of the European Union is a good thing or a bad thing?

Good
Thing

Bad
Thing

Neither good
nor bad

European Union

54%

11%

27%

Luxembourg

85%

4%

11%

The Netherlands

73%

5%

18%

Ireland

67%

5%

16%

Belgium

67%

7%

20%

Italy

64%

6%

22%

Denmark

63%

16%

17%

Spain

62%

6%

27%

Portugal

61%

9%

24%

Greece

61%

8%

29%

Germany

59%

8%

26%

France

50%

12%

34%

Finland

42%

17%

37%

Sweden

41%

27%

30%

Austria

34%

19%

41%

Great Britain

30%

25%

31%


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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