What news from the eastern European front? The first concrete insight into the European Union's Central and Eastern Eurobarometer
Mark Hofmans and Anna Melich
Regular research in twenty 'non-western' but 'new' European countries helps decision makers at top political levels (European Union, parliament) analyse and better understand the opinion of the general public in their respective countries with regard to their standard of living, confidence in the economy, respect of human rights and development of democracy, evaluation of the European and NATO-membership, their respective advantages and disadvantages, overall image and evaluation of the European Union, and the ways they inform themselves about the 'west'.
What News from the Eastern Front?: The
First Concrete Insight into the Union's Central and Eastern Eurobarometer
Anna MelichPublic Opinion Surveys and Research, European Commission, Belgium
andMark HofmansGfK Europe, Belgium.
THE HISTORY OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
EUROBAROMETER
Since 1974, the European
Commission’s Standard Eurobarometer (EB) survey has measured public opinion towards
the European Union among the citizens of the Member States twice yearly.
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,
the map of Europe changed dramatically. The immediate effect was an automatic increase in
the number of European Union citizens following the reunification...