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Special Eurobarometer

Europeans and the Common Agricultural Policy

Fieldwork November - December 2004

Publication February 2005

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This survey was requested by Directorate General Agriculture and coordinated by Directorate General Press and Communication

This document does not represent the point of view of the European Commission. The interpretations and opinions contained in it are solely those of the authors.

European Commission

Special EUROBAROMETER 221 “Europeans and the Common Agricultural Policy”

Table of contents

PRESENTATION ...............................................................................................2

1. Advantages of the Common Agricultural Policy for consumers and farmers ....................................................................................................4

1.1. Main benefits concerning food.................................................................4 1.2. Who benefits the most from the CAP?.......................................................9

2. Main priorities of the European Union in terms of agricultural policy......11

3. How Europeans rate the way the Common Agricultural Policy is fulfilling its role ...................................................................................................17

4. Development of the Common Agricultural Policy ....................................41

CONCLUSION.................................................................................................46

ANNEXES Tables Technical Note Questionnaires

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PRESENTATION In the past decade the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) has gone through major changes. Passing from a subsidy policy that supported over-production, and absorbing two-thirds of the total EU budget, it has now become a more efficient, simplified and cost effective mechanism based on a more market-oriented system, which benefits both farmers and consumers by guaranteeing quality as well as environmental- and food safety. The recent enlargement of the European Union to 25 Member States in May 2004 also represents challenges and opportunities for the development of the common agricultural policy. With the expansion of the internal market from 380 to 454 million consumers, and the increase in competition among farmers, the enlargement means further change for the EU’s agriculture. How do European citizens in the enlarged Union perceive the issues concerning the EU’s common agricultural policy as well as the impacts of the enlargement on agriculture in Europe? This special Eurobarometer survey is the continuation of a wave of surveys which have been conducted in the last few years both in the “old” EU15 countries and the candidate countries in order to analyse the European public’s opinion on the common agricultural policy. For the first time, the same survey has been conducted in all of the 25 Member States of the enlarged European Union. In this context, the Directorate General “Agriculture” of the European Commission wished to measure the European public opinion in the enlarged European Union on issues dealing with the Common Agricultural Policy and to determine whether the enlargement has had any impact on the opinion of citizens as to these issues. The following points will be analysed in this report: - Advantages of the Common Agricultural Policy both for consumers and farmers - Main priorities of the European Union in terms of agricultural policy - How Europeans rate the way the Common Agricultural Policy is fulfilling its role - Development of the Common Agricultural Policy

The survey was conducted among 25.000 European citizens in the 25 EU Member States between November 22nd and December 19th 2004. Interviews were conducted among citizens aged 15 years and above face-to-face in people’s homes in their national language. The methodology used is that of the Standard Eurobarometer polls managed by the Directorate-General Press and Communication (unit “Opinion polls, press reviews, Europe Direct”). In the annex, a technical note details the interview techniques used by the institutes of the TNS Opinion & Social network as well as levels of confidence.

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The key findings will be presented in detail in the following pages. For each theme addressed, our analysis looks at the following results:

• Results for the average of the 25 EU Member States (EU 25); • Results of the 25 individual countries where the survey was carried out; • Results by socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents;

Where possible, comparisons with the results of earlier surveys, namely 2003 results for the “old” EU15 Member States and 2002 results for the 10 “old” accession countries have been made in order to analyse any evolutions in the opinions of EU citizens on issues concerning the Common Agricultural Policy.

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1. Advantages of the Common Agricultural Policy for consumers and farmers Source questionnaire: QB1 1.1. Main benefits concerning food

- Ensuring the safety and quality of food is the most agreed upon advantage

of the CAP - Respondents throughout the 25 EU Member States were asked to indicate among a list of statements concerning the European Union’s agricultural policy with which ones they agree. Results for the average of the 25 EU Member States show us, first of all, that there is no widespread agreement for any single statement. None of the proposed statements reaches the 40% mark of agreement at the EU25 average.

It ensures that the food you buy is safe to eat 35%

It ensures that the food you buy is good quality 33%

It ensures that the food you buy is healthy 26%

It ensures that the food you buy is reasonably priced 22%

It ensures that you have enough information about thegeographical area where your food comes from 29%

It ensures that you have enough information about howthe food was produced and processed 22%

It ensures that farm animals are well treated 19%

It favours consumers rather than farmers 20%

It favours farmers rather than consumers 12%

It favours equally farmers and consumers 18%

None of these (SPONTANEOUS) 8%

Don’t Know 8%

QB1 European Union agricultural policy aims to benefitconsumers as well as farmers. With which of the followingstatements do you agree? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

EU25

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It is the fact that the Common Agricultural Policy ensures that the food we buy is safe to eat, which receives the highest rate of agreement among European citizens, with 35%. When comparing this result to former surveys conducted in 2003 and 2002 in the 15 “old” Member States, we can note that this statement also gathered the most agreement among Europeans in the past. However, it is important to note that the rate of agreement for this statement has decreased somewhat since 2002, passing from 40% in 2002 to 35% in 2004. The second most agreed upon statement is the fact that the common agricultural policy ensures that the food we buy is good quality, at a rate of 33%. Here again, we should point out the decrease in this rate of agreement between 2002 (38%) and 2004 (- 5 percentage points). The fact that the CAP ensures that citizens have enough information about the geographical area where our food comes from is agreed upon by 29% of respondents. The agreement for this statement has risen significantly since 2002 and 2003. This can perhaps be explained by the fact that the wording of this item1 has slightly changed in this years’ survey. Globally speaking however, we can say that the rates of agreement have decreased in 2004. We must however not forget that we are comparing the rate of the European Union of May 2004, comprising 25 Member States with that of the former 15 Member State Union.

QB1. European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following statements do you agree? (% EU 25

and EU15)

33%

26%

22%

22%

19%

39%

36%

20%

30%

23%

29%

18%

40%

38%

20%

32%

24%

25%

19%

29%

35%

It ensures that the food you buy is safe to eat

It ensures that the food you buy is good quality

It ensures that you have enough informationabout the geographical area where your food

comes from

It ensures that the food you buy is healthy

It ensures that the food you buy is reasonablypriced

It ensures that you have enough informationabout how the food was produced and

processed

It ensures that farm animals are well treated

2004 (EU25) 2003 (EU15) 2002 (EU15)

1 In 2003 the wording was the following : “The Common Agricultural Policy guarantees that you know enough about where your food comes from”

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When looking at the country results for the different statements, we can note some important disparities between the individual countries. Cyprus and Malta have the highest rates of agreement as to the ensuring of food safety through the CAP, with respectively 76% and 72%. Cyprus’s result is 41 percentage points above the EU25 average. Among the “old” 15 EU Member States, we can see that the Netherlands has the highest rate of agreement (56%). On the contrary, Sweden (25%) and Poland (27%) have the lowest results among the 25 countries surveyed. As for ensuring that the food we buy is good quality, we can note again that Malta (76%) and Cyprus (73%) have by far the highest rates of agreement. Among the 15 “old” Member States, Luxembourg has the highest rate (50%). The lowest rates of agreement can be observed among respondents in the Czech Republic (23%) and Sweden (24%). Agreement on the insurance through the CAP of information concerning the geographical provenance of food is highest in Slovenia (49%) and Cyprus (49%). Germany and Luxembourg also have significantly higher rates than the EU25 average with 40% in both countries. The United Kingdom (14%), Poland (18%) and Lithuania (19%) have the lowest results. The insurance that the food we buy is healthy is most agreed upon in Malta (75%) and Cyprus (61%), as well as in Spain (35%) and Ireland (35%) for the old EU-15 countries. The lowest result is found in Sweden (13%).

It ensures that the food you buy is safe to

eat

It ensures that the food you buy is good

quality

It ensures that the food you

buy is healthy


buy is reasonably

priced

It ensures that you have enough

information about the

geographical area where your food

comes from


information about how the

food was produced and

processed

It ensures that farm animals

are well treated

It favours consumers rather than

farmers

It favours farmers rather

than consumers

It favours equally farmersand consumers

EU25 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 19% 20% 12% 18%

BE 43% 44% 33% 32% 32% 22% 22% 26% 11% 22%DK 31% 29% 19% 40% 27% 22% 19% 15% 37% 21%

DE 30% 37% 24% 31% 40% 24% 19% 19% 11% 20%

EL 37% 35% 30% 20% 29% 20% 12% 17% 6% 18%

ES 36% 38% 35% 18% 25% 21% 17% 19% 11% 13%

FR 32% 28% 25% 14% 36% 16% 15% 26% 12% 17%

IE 48% 42% 35% 19% 23% 22% 22% 16% 12% 19%

IT 32% 29% 25% 19% 29% 28% 13% 8% 7% 11%

LU 46% 50% 32% 39% 40% 26% 25% 25% 14% 23%

NL 56% 46% 29% 32% 31% 28% 19% 33% 14% 22%

AT 33% 35% 22% 20% 35% 30% 24% 19% 10% 25%

PT 33% 28% 25% 20% 24% 21% 14% 12% 7% 13%

FI 53% 49% 31% 37% 26% 22% 29% 44% 9% 16%

SE 25% 24% 13% 28% 28% 13% 9% 28% 27% 15%

UK 39% 27% 26% 21% 14% 16% 19% 24% 20% 16%

CY 76% 73% 61% 20% 49% 36% 41% 19% 7% 32%

CZ 41% 23% 25% 19% 47% 21% 25% 19% 19% 19%

EE 34% 39% 28% 24% 20% 15% 19% 19% 13% 20%

HU 34% 38% 32% 29% 24% 21% 24% 14% 8% 24%

LV 35% 38% 28% 17% 21% 20% 26% 27% 13% 17%

LT 36% 38% 33% 22% 19% 21% 22% 20% 9% 23%

MT 72% 75% 75% 51% 41% 47% 45% 17% 11% 39%

PL 27% 33% 22% 17% 18% 20% 32% 17% 13% 25%

SK 32% 31% 24% 19% 23% 29% 17% 27% 7% 23%

SI 54% 44% 41% 52% 49% 28% 31% 46% 12% 23%

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Further notable differences between country results are seen for the statement concerning the fact that the CAP ensures that the food we buy is reasonably priced. Slovenia (52%), Malta (51%) and Denmark (40%) have the highest rates of agreement. On the opposite, France (14%), Latvia (17%) and Poland (17%) have the lowest rates. When comparing results with those of 2003 for the 15 “old” EU Member States, we can note several important evolutions in the opinion of the public. “Ensuring that the food you buy is safe to eat” has seen the highest increase in the rate of agreement in Belgium, up 12 percentage points. On the contrary, we can see that this rate has dropped by 12 points in the United Kingdom. The agreement rate that “It ensures that the food you buy is good quality” has risen by 10 points in Luxembourg and dropped by 9 points in the United Kingdom. The rate of agreement for the fact that the CAP “ensures that you have enough information about the geographical area where your food comes from” has strongly risen since 2003, gaining 9 points at the overall average for the EU 25 countries. We can see that the highest increase is in Luxembourg, up 20 percentage points. The rates in Portugal (+15 points) and Sweden (+15 points) follow. Again, we see that the rate for the United Kingdom has dropped somewhat since 2003 (-7 points). As remarked earlier, it is important to note here that the wording of this statement has slightly changed2 since 2003, which may have an influence on the results.

DE LU SEATNLFRES IE UKPTIT FIELDKBEEU

Comparison with 20032004 ResultsEU25(2004)

EU15(2003)

QB1 European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following statements do you agree?(MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

It ensures that the food you buy is safe to eat

It ensures that the food you buy is good quality


It ensures that the food you buy is reasonably priced

It ensures that you have enough information about thegeographical area where your food comes from

It ensures that you have enough information about howthe food was produced and processed

It ensures that farm animals are well treated

It favours consumers rather than farmers

It favours farmers rather than consumers

It favours equally farmers and consumers

35%

33%

26%

22%

29%

22%

19%

20%

12%

18%

43%

44%

33%

32%

32%

22%

22%

26%

11%

22%

31%

29%

19%

40%

27%

22%

19%

15%

37%

21%

30%

37%

24%

31%

40%

24%

19%

19%

11%

20%

37%

35%

30%

20%

29%

20%

12%

17%

6%

18%

36%

38%

35%

18%

25%

21%

17%

19%

11%

13%

32%

28%

25%

14%

36%

16%

15%

26%

12%

17%

48%

42%

35%

19%

23%

22%

22%

16%

12%

19%

32%

29%

25%

19%

29%

28%

13%

8%

7%

11%

46%

50%

32%

39%

40%

26%

25%

25%

14%

23%

56%

46%

29%

32%

31%

28%

19%

33%

14%

22%

33%

35%

22%

20%

35%

30%

24%

19%

10%

25%

33%

28%

25%

20%

24%

21%

14%

12%

7%

13%

53%

49%

31%

37%

26%

22%

29%

44%

9%

16%

25%

24%

13%

28%

28%

13%

9%

28%

27%

15%

39%

27%

26%

21%

14%

16%

19%

24%

20%

16%

-4

-3

-4

-1

+9

-7

+1

+6

0

+1

+12

+7

+4

+1

+7

+7

+9

+8

+1

+7

-2

-3

-2

+7

+1

0

-3

+2

+6

0

-4

-1

-2

+5

+10

+6

-1

+6

+1

+2

+7

0

-4

-1

+4

+2

-5

+4

+2

-5

-5

0

+2

+3

+5

+9

+5

+6

+6

+1

-7

-5

-6

-2

+5

-4

0

0

0

0

-3

+3

-2

0

-5

+3

-2

0

-3

-2

-2

-6

-12

-2

+1

-15

-6

+7

+3

-1

0

+3

-1

-10

+14

0

+9

-1

0

+12

+7

+7

+7

+11

+15

+8

+4

+2

-2

+3

+2

+6

+1

0

0

-15

-1

+10

-3

-1

0

-2

-3

-5

+15

-15

-5

+8

-3

+2

-9

-12

-5

-6

-7

-11

-5

+10

+3

+1

+3

+10

-2

+4

+20

-7

+1

+3

+3

+4

-7

-2

-7

-2

-5

+1

-4

-1

-3

-5

Figures for 2003 are taken from Special Eurobarometer 190 - Wave 59.2- Report - Table 1 p.22

2 In 2003 the wording was the following : “The Common Agricultural Policy guarantees that you know enough about where your food comes from”

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Analysis by socio-demographic characteristics


buy is safe to eat


buy is good quality



buy is reasonably

priced


information about the

geographical area where your food comes from

It ensures that you have

enough information

about how the food was

produced and processed

EU25 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22%

SexMale 36% 34% 27% 23% 29% 22%Female 34% 32% 26% 22% 28% 21%Age15-24 38% 37% 26% 21% 30% 24%25-39 37% 35% 26% 21% 33% 24%40-54 33% 31% 25% 23% 28% 22%55 + 32% 32% 27% 23% 26% 18%Education (End of)15 30% 30% 26% 22% 22% 18%16-19 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22%20+ 37% 34% 26% 24% 34% 24%Still Studying 39% 38% 28% 21% 33% 26%Respondant occupation scaleSelf- employed 36% 33% 26% 22% 35% 26%Mana-gers 38% 33% 24% 25% 36% 26%Other white collars 36% 33% 25% 24% 32% 24%Manual workers 34% 34% 26% 22% 29% 21%House persons 33% 32% 27% 19% 25% 19%Unem-ployed 34% 32% 26% 22% 23% 20%Retired 33% 32% 27% 23% 24% 18%Students 39% 38% 28% 21% 33% 26%Subjective urbanisationRural village 33% 34% 26% 22% 28% 20%Small/mid size town 35% 33% 27% 22% 30% 22%Large town 35% 33% 26% 23% 28% 23% The analysis by socio-demographic characteristics shows only slight discrepancies among the different categories. The level of education shows us that those persons having studied until the age of 20 years or above, and those still studying tend to agree somewhat more with each statement than persons with lower education levels. This is especially the case for the fact that the CAP ensures that you have enough information about the geographical area where your food comes from: 12 percentage points separate respondents with the highest level of education (34%) from respondents with the lowest level of education (22%).

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1.2. Who benefits the most from the CAP? Respondents were also asked in this same question to indicate whether they agreed with several statements pointing at whom among consumers or farmers benefits the most from the Common Agricultural Policy.

- More Europeans believe the CAP favours consumers rather than farmers -

QB1. European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following

statements do you agree? (% EU 25 and EU15)

12%

14%

12%

17%

13%

11%

19%

18%

20%It favoursconsumers rather

than farmers

It favours farmersrather thanconsumers

It favours equallyfarmers andconsumers

2004 (EU25) 2003 (EU15) 2002 (EU15)

When asked whether the CAP is of greater benefit to consumers or to farmers, or that it is of equal benefit to both of them, we can note a significant difference for responses to the statement that the CAP favours consumers rather than farmers since the last two surveys. Indeed, we can note a rise of 6 percentage points in the agreement rate, passing from 14% in 2003 to 20% in 2004. The rates for the other two statements remain almost identical. We can therefore conclude that today, a higher number of Europeans believe that the CAP favours the consumers more than farmers (20%), than those who believe in the contrary that the farmers are the ones who are the most favoured (12%). It is important to remind once again that we are comparing the averages of the 25 EU Member States with those of the 15 “old” EU Member States. Country results for this statement (CAP favours consumers rather than farmers) show that respondents in Slovenia and in Finland have the highest rates of agreement, with respectively 46% and 44%. This rate of agreement was already highest in the latter country in the previous surveys and continues to rise with an increase of 10 percentage points since 2003.

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It favours consumers rather than

farmers

It favours farmers

rather than consumers

It favours equally

farmers andconsumers

EU25 20% 12% 18%

Sex

Male 20% 15% 18%

Female 20% 10% 17%

Age

15-24 24% 10% 19%

25-39 22% 12% 17%

40-54 19% 12% 17%

55 + 17% 14% 18%

Education (End of)

15 16% 10% 16%

16-19 20% 12% 17%

20+ 23% 16% 19%

Still Studying 23% 11% 20%

Respondant occupation scale

Self- employed 23% 13% 17%

Mana-gers 22% 20% 18%

Other white collars 22% 11% 16%

Manual workers 21% 11% 18%

House persons 16% 8% 15%

Unem-ployed 20% 10% 17%

Retired 17% 14% 18%

Students 23% 11% 20%

Subjective urbanisation

Rural village 23% 11% 18%

Small/mid size town 19% 13% 17%

Large town 17% 14% 18%

Men (15%) are somewhat more than women (10%) to believe that the CAP favours farmers rather than consumers. The age category shows us that the youngest populations (24%) indicate somewhat more that the oldest populations (17%) that the CAP favours consumers rather than farmers. The education level also shows that persons with a higher level of education (23%) agree somewhat more that the CAP favours consumers rather than farmers. Managers tend to agree more than the other occupational categories that the CAP favours the farmers rather than the consumers. Persons living in rural areas (23%) are considerably more numerous than those living in large towns (17%) to believe that the CAP favours consumers rather than farmers.

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2. Main priorities of the European Union in terms of agricultural

policy Source questionnaire: QB2 In this second part we will look more closely at what Europeans believe should be the main priorities of the Common Agricultural Policy.

- The main priority is to ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers - Citizens in the 25 EU Member States were asked to indicate among a list of statements which are in their opinion the three main priorities of the European Union in terms of agricultural policy.

QB2. In your opinion, which of the following should be the three main priorities of the European Union in terms of agriculture policy?

(% EU 25)

30%

26%

25%

23%

22%

20%

2%

7%

16%

11%

16%

28%

36%Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

Promote the respect o f environment

Favour and improve life in the countryside

M ake European agriculture more competitive on world markets

Protect small or medium sized farms

Help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations

Favour methods of organic production

Reduce development gaps between regions

Protect the welfare of farm animals

Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities

Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products

None of these (SPONTANEOUS)

Results for this question show that there is no specific priority which stands out and on which Europeans agree on strongly. Indeed, the responses are spread out among the different statements. Nevertheless, the priority of the CAP, which is mentioned by most Europeans is to ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers, at a rate of 36%. The fact of ensuring that agricultural products are healthy and safe is the second most designated priority, with 30% of EU citizens mentioning this. In third place, it is interesting to note that Europeans would like the Common Agricultural Policy to prioritize the promotion of the respect of the environment (28%).

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When studying the country results for the main priority indicated by the Europeans, we can note that there are some important discrepancies among the different countries.

- Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers -

QB2 In your opinion, which of the following should be the three main priorities of theEuropean Union in terms of agriculture policy? (MAX. 3 ANSWERS)

Answers: Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

EU25 36%

Belgium 37%

Denmark 18%

Germany 34%

Greece 61%

Spain 40%

France 38%

Ireland 31%

Italy 26%

Luxembourg 30%

The Netherlands 38%

Austria 36%

Portugal 40%

Finland 46%

Sweden 19%

United Kingdom 29%

Cyprus 47%

Czech Republic 25%

Estonia 41%

Hungary 46%

Latvia 34%

Lithuania 45%

Malta 34%

Poland 49%

Slovakia 37%

Slovenia 40%

41% - 50%

31% - 40%

21% - 30%

0% - 20%

Legend51% - 100%

Country Results

The Greeks have by far the highest rate of respondents indicating that the EU’s main priority in its agriculture policy should be to ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers. Indeed, with a rate of 61%, the Greek result is 25 percentage points above the EU25 average. The rate in Poland follows with 49%. On the opposite side of the table, we can see that respondents in Denmark and (18%) and Sweden (19%) give the lowest response rates to this priority.

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- Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe -

The priority to ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe is mentioned by every second respondent in Malta (50%) and by 42% of respondents in Sweden.

EU25 30%

Belgium 38%

Denmark 37%

Germany 31%

Greece 24%

Spain 18%

France 33%

Ireland 34%

Italy 28%

Luxembourg 29%

The Netherlands 37%

Austria 24%

Portugal 26%

Finland 32%

Sweden 42%

United Kingdom 36%

Cyprus 37%

Czech Republic 33%

Estonia 16%

Hungary 30%

Latvia 24%

Lithuania 20%

Malta 50%

Poland 24%

Slovakia 16%

Slovenia 32%

41% - 100%

31% - 40%

21% - 30%

0% - 20%

Legend

Country Results


Answers: Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

However, citizens in Slovakia (16%), Estonia (16%) and Spain (18%) perceive this area of intervention far less as a priority. Slovakia’s and Estonia’s rates are 14 percentage points below the EU25 average.

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- Promote the respect of the environment -

Promoting the respect of the environment has the highest rate in Denmark and France with respectively 48% and 46%. The Danish rate is 20 percentage points above the EU25 average.

EU25 28%

Belgium 30%

Denmark 48%

Greece 22%

Spain 24%

France 46%

Ireland 30%

Italy 26%

Luxembourg 40%

The Netherlands 30%

Austria 25%

Portugal 23%

Finland 32%

Sweden 38%

United Kingdom 36%

Cyprus 32%

Czech Republic 30%

Estonia 19%

Hungary 17%

Latvia 21%

Lithuania 8%

Malta 41%

Poland 12%

Slovakia 18%

Slovenia 23%

31% - 40%

21% - 30%

11% - 20%

0% - 10%

Legend41% - 100%

Country Results


Answers: Promote the respect of environment

Germany 24%

On the opposite side of the table we can note that the Lithuanians are the least convinced by giving priority to this issue. Only 8% of Lithuanian citizens indicate it as a priority of the CAP, which is a rate 20 percentage points below the EU25 average. Poland’s result is also considerably low, at 12%. In general we can note that the six lowest rates are found in the new Member States where the issue of environmental protection does not seem to be the top priority for the agriculture policy.

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Further disparities between the EU countries can be observed for the other indicated priorities.

Ensure stable and adequate incomes for

farmers

Make European agriculture

more competitive on world markets

Help farmers toadapt their

production to consumer’s expectations

Favour and improve life in the countryside

Reduce development gaps between

regions

Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and

activities

Favour methods of

organic production

Promote the respect of

environment

Protect the specificity and

taste of European

agricultural products

Protect small ormedium sized

farms

Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and

safe

Protect the welfare of farm

animals

EU25 36% 25% 22% 26% 16% 11% 20% 28% 7% 23% 30% 16%

BE 37% 22% 30% 20% 13% 13% 25% 30% 9% 28% 38% 13%

DK 18% 25% 22% 11% 14% 7% 30% 48% 5% 18% 37% 43%

DE 34% 33% 21% 22% 16% 11% 27% 24% 3% 20% 31% 17%

EL 61% 27% 25% 43% 15% 12% 19% 22% 3% 20% 24% 6%

ES 40% 21% 19% 43% 17% 8% 10% 24% 4% 22% 18% 8%

FR 38% 23% 23% 20% 17% 9% 18% 46% 11% 29% 33% 10%

IE 31% 18% 17% 26% 12% 9% 17% 30% 5% 23% 34% 15%

IT 26% 33% 24% 16% 17% 14% 18% 26% 12% 13% 28% 9%

LU 30% 18% 23% 24% 11% 7% 27% 40% 8% 32% 29% 24%

NL 38% 22% 18% 17% 14% 15% 30% 30% 10% 24% 37% 25%

AT 36% 22% 23% 30% 15% 23% 29% 25% 12% 21% 24% 14%

PT 40% 23% 23% 39% 18% 10% 11% 23% 14% 17% 26% 10%

FI 46% 15% 16% 34% 22% 9% 19% 32% 5% 35% 32% 18%

SE 19% 14% 22% 27% 10% 17% 28% 38% 5% 26% 42% 40%

UK 29% 14% 17% 17% 10% 8% 17% 36% 5% 25% 36% 36%

CY 47% 20% 35% 50% 9% 8% 18% 32% 6% 18% 37% 6%

CZ 25% 31% 31% 31% 18% 12% 20% 30% 5% 20% 33% 11%

EE 41% 19% 18% 53% 15% 6% 32% 19% 6% 27% 16% 5%

HU 46% 27% 16% 45% 23% 8% 18% 17% 11% 27% 30% 7%

LV 34% 21% 18% 51% 20% 6% 16% 21% 4% 37% 24% 6%

LT 45% 16% 34% 54% 11% 14% 29% 8% 2% 31% 20% 4%

MT 34% 21% 32% 20% 8% 6% 17% 41% 6% 15% 50% 15%

PL 49% 21% 26% 32% 21% 6% 24% 12% 4% 30% 24% 9%

SK 37% 29% 23% 29% 36% 17% 17% 18% 7% 27% 16% 13%

SI 40% 15% 22% 38% 27% 9% 32% 23% 4% 35% 32% 13%

Favouring and improving life in the countryside is an aspect that citizens especially in the three Baltic States, Estonia (53%), Latvia (51%) and Lithuania (54%) would like to see prioritised by the European Union’s agricultural policy. Cyprus (50%) also has a significant rate for this statement. Making European agriculture more competitive on world markets is a priority for the CAP which is considered by Italians (33%) at a somewhat more significant rate compared to the EU25 average. Protecting small or medium sized farms is a priority that has a considerable rate in Latvia (37%), Finland (35%) and Slovenia (35%). Help farmers to adapt their production to consumers’ expectations is mostly considered in Cyprus (35%). Favouring methods of organic production receives highest responses in Estonia (32%) and Slovenia (32%) Encouraging the diversification of agricultural products and activities is mentioned the most by the Austrians (23%). Finally, Portuguese respondents give the highest rate for the priority to protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products (14%).

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The analysis by socio-demographic categories shows us that there are certain specific disparities between categories. Men (27%) believe somewhat more than women (22%) that making European agriculture more competitive on world markets should be a priority of the CAP. The age category shows that those aged 25 to 39 are somewhat more numerous to agree (32%) than the oldest populations (25%) that a priority of the CAP should be to promote the respect of the environment. The youngest aged 15 to 24 (20%) are also more numerous than the older populations (15%) to believe that protecting the welfare of farm animals should be the priority of the CAP. The education levels show the most differences among all categories. Those with the lowest level of education (31%) have a stronger belief than those with the highest level of education (21%) that the CAP’s priority should be to favour and improve the life in the countryside. On the contrary, the highest educated are more numerous than the lowest educated to believe that the priority of the CAP should be to reduce development gaps between regions. The same remark can be made for the priority of favouring methods of organic production and promoting the respect of environment. For this last field of action, 13 percentage points separate those having studied until the age of 20 or above (35%) from those having left school at the age of 15 years or less (22%). The urbanisation category shows us that persons living in rural villages are far more numerous (41%) than people living in large towns (32%) and midsize towns (31%) to believe that the priority of the CAP should be to ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers.

- 16 -


3. How Europeans rate the way the Common Agricultural Policy is fulfilling its role Source questionnaire: QB3 In this third part of the analysis we will look at how European citizens perceive the role played by the European Union’s agricultural policy in certain areas of intervention seen earlier. - A relative majority of Europeans believes the EU is playing its role fairly well for most

of the tested areas -

QB3. And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? (% EU25)

57%

55%

4 8 %

4 7%

4 7%

4 5%

4 5%

4 3 %

4 0 %

3 7%

3 7%

3 0 %

2 8 %

3 0 %

3 1%

2 9 %

3 4 %

4 0 %

4 3 %

3 7%

4 9 %

2 3 %

2 6 %

3 2 %

3 0 %

2 6 % 16 %

2 5%

2 1%

16 %

2 3 %

2 1%

2 6 %

2 0 %

2 1%

2 3 %

0% 100%

ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

promote the respect of environment

make European agriculture more competitive onworld markets

favour methods of organic production

protect the welfare of farm animals

encourage the diversification of agricultural productsand activities

protect the specificity and taste of Europeanagricultural products

help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’sexpectations

favour and improve life in the countryside

ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

reduce development gaps between regions

protect small or medium sized farms

Fairly well Fairly badly DK

When looking at the results for the average of the 25 EU Member States in each of the areas tested for this question, we can note that in most of the cases a majority or a relative majority of citizens indicates that the EU’s agricultural policy plays its role fairly well. With a rate of 57%, it is the most positively perceived belief that the common agricultural policy is doing a good job in ensuring that agricultural products are healthy and safe. The promotion of the respect of the environment is also considered by a majority of citizens (55%) as a role fairly well played by the CAP. On the opposite side of the graph we can note that only a minority of Europeans believes the CAP is playing its role fairly well in protecting small or medium sized farms, with a rate of just 30%. This is also the case for the role of the CAP in ensuring stable and adequate incomes for farmers (37%) and in reducing development gaps between regions (37%). It is also important to note the significant rates of non-responses for certain items.

- 17 -


- Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe -

QB3.11 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…?

Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe (% EU25)

80%80%

73%71%

66%65%65%65%

63%61%

58%

57%

56%53%53%53%

50%50%

49%47%

46%45%

41%39%

38%37%

5%18%23%

30%

27%19%24%

15%

26%

14%27%

31%24%

25%35%37%

44%25%29%

34%51%

39%47%

8%

27%

15%

22%

21%

6%

8%

16%

24%

23%

25%

13%

14%

14%

16%

20%

29%

16%

15%

6%11%

5%

18%

31%

14%

26%

10%

9%

24%

0% 100%

CYMTNLBEDEFIPLSIUKLULT

EU25

IEITATEEESFRHUELSKCZPTDKLVSE


Country results for this area of intervention of the CAP shows us that respondents in Cyprus and Malta have the highest rates indicating that the CAP’s role is played fairly well in this domain, with a rate of 80% in each country. The Netherlands and Belgium follow with respectively 73% and 71%. On the bottom of the table we can note that the Swedes have the lowest rate indicating a positive answer (37%). Sweden’s rate is 20 percentage points below the EU25 average. Latvia (38%) and Denmark (39%) follow. These are the only three countries where we find a minority of respondents answering positively.

- 18 -


When we compare this year’s results with those of 2003 among the “old” EU15 Member States3, we can observe several important developments in the opinion of European citizens for this question. The map below shows the evolution of results between 2003 and 2004. Countries in blue have seen their rates increase since 2003, countries in yellow have not witnessed any change at all, and countries in red have seen their results decrease since 2003.

QB3.11 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently playsits role fairly well or fairly badly to…?

Option: Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

Answers: Fairly well

neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

+19

8

13

5

0

8

-12

14

14

9

4

7

8

12

28

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

71%

39%

66%

47%

50%

50%

56%

53%

61%

73%

53%

41%

65%

37%

63%

Comparison 2004/2003

The strongest progression of positive opinions can be observed in the United Kingdom where this opinion has increased by 28 percentage points since last year. Belgium also has an important increase favourable to the role of the CAP (+19 points). Spain’s rate remains unchanged since last year while that of Ireland has dropped by 12 percentage points, passing from 68% of positive opinions to 56%. All other countries have seen their results increase in this year’s survey.

3 In 2003 “And how well do you think the European Union’s agricultural policy is currently playing its role?”

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- Promote the respect of the environment -


Promote the respect of environment (% EU25)

85%82%

77%69%

68%67%

66%64%

62%59%59%

58%57%

55%

53%52%52%

51%48%

46%46%

45%43%

42%41%

34%

7%11%

25%

25%

16%25%

11%18%

34%32%

28%

18%27%

30%30%

42%40%

31%38%

34%33%

35%58%

20%

23%

19%

20%

22%

4%

14%

30%

23%

25%

17%

11%

12%

30%

11%

23%

8%

12%

6%12%

8%

13%

8%

16%

9%

17%

25%

12%

20%

0% 100%

MTCYPLBEHUSIDEEELULTSKFINL

EU25

IEITATUKELFRCZSELVESPTDK


Again we can see that respondents in Cyprus (85%) and Malta (82%) have the highest rates indicating that the European Union’s agricultural policy is playing its role fairly well to promote the respect of the environment. Poland follows with a rate of 77%. On the opposite, Denmark has the lowest rate with only 34% of its respondents believing the CAP is playing its role fairly well in this field. Indeed, Denmark is the only country where a clear majority of respondents (58%) believes that the CAP is doing a bad job in promoting the respect of the environment.

- 20 -


The result comparison with 2003 for the “old” EU 15 countries shows us that there has been an overall positive development among the European public opinion. The strongest progressions can be noted in the United Kingdom and Belgium (respectively up 22 and 20 points). The only exception to this trend can be noted in Ireland where the rate of positive opinions, meaning those who consider the CAP’s role to be played fairly well for the promotion of the respect of the environment, has decreased by 8 points (down from 61% in 2003 to 53% in 2004).

QB3.8 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays

its role fairly well or fairly badly to…?

Option: Promote the respect of environment


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

+20

5

13

7

2

5

-8

12

11

2

1

1

10

14

22

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

69%

34%

66%

48%

42%

46%

53%

52%

62%

57%

52%

41%

58%

45%

51%


- 21 -


- Make European agriculture more competitive on world markets -

QB3.2 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Make

European agriculture more competitive on world markets (% EU25)

64%60%

58%56%

53%51%

50%49%

48%

48%48%48%48%47%

46%46%

45%44%44%43%

40%37%37%37%36%

28%

12%17%

32%

28%

16%

30%

31%16%

30%37%39%

23%31%

29%30%

41%28%

35%38%

30%38%

38%41%

35%

25%

24%

33%

23%

29%

31%

32%

26%

27%

12%

18%

23%

36%

14%

24%

31%

28%

12%23%22%

21%

22%15%

15%

25%

25%

25%

24%

0% 100%

DEM TCYBEPLATHULT

EU25

DKIE

LUSI

ELEESKESITFI

UKNLFRSECZPTLV


Germans are the most numerous to believe that the CAP is playing its role fairly well in making European agriculture more competitive on world markets, this at a rate of 64%. This rate is 16 percentage points above the EU25 average.. Malta follows with 60% indicating a positive response. On the lower side of the graph, we can see that Latvia has the least number of respondents answering positively, since only 28% think this way (20 points below the EU25 average). It is interesting to note the high levels of “Don’t know” responses for this statement, which reaches 36% in Ireland and 35% in Lithuania.

- 22 -


The 2004/2003 comparison shows us that once again, the United Kingdom has the strongest increase (+23 points) in its positive opinion about the role of the CAP, this time for making European agriculture more competitive on world markets. Belgium (+18), Germany (+17) and Italy (+15) also have important increases. On the other hand, we can see that in two countries the opinions in favour of the CAP have weakened somewhat. The most significant decrease is Ireland, where this rate has dropped by 6 percentage points since 2003. France’s rate has dropped by one point. The rate in the Netherlands remains unchanged at 40% responding “fairly well”.


Option: Make European agriculture more competitive on world markets


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

56%

48%

64%

47%

45%

37%

48%

44%

48%

40%

51%

36%

44%

37%

43%


+18

+12

+17

+11

+4

-1

-6

+15

+3

0

+3

+6

+7

+8

+23

- 23 -


- Favour methods of organic production -


Favour methods of organic production (% EU25)

68%

66%61%

60%59%

57%

56%55%

54%53%

53%

50%48%

47%

47%41%

40%

40%38%

38%36%

35%

33%33%

32%27%

11%26%

13%

32%

28%

9%25%

20%

33%31%

31%

26%48%

41%

29%41%

33%28%

43%

30%38%

34%58%

17%

27%

31%

32%

33%

16%

30%

27%

36%

34%

19%

16%

11%

23%

21%

36%

15%

23%

27%9%

11%

38%

18%

23%

22%

23%

30%

13%

11%

0% 100%

PLCYDELTSIELBELUMTEESKATHU

EU25

ITFINLCZSEUKIEFRESLVPTDK


Polish citizens are the ones in the EU 25 countries who judge the most positively the CAP’s role in favouring methods of organic production, at a rate of 68%. The results in Cyprus (66%), Germany (61%) and Lithuania (60%) are also above the 60 % mark. On the opposite side of the graph we can see that Denmark has the lowest rate, being the only country to have a clear majority of respondents having an opposite opinion (58%). Again, we should point out to the high non-response rates which reach 38% in Malta and 36% in Spain and Ireland.

- 24 -


The map below shows us that a majority of countries in the “old” European Union of 15 Member States has seen an increase in their rates in favour of the CAP for this issue. The strongest increase can be found in Belgium (+15) and Greece (+14). On the other hand, rates have decreased in three countries, namely Ireland (- 21), Finland (-2) and the Netherlands (-5). Ireland’s rate of positive answers has considerably dropped by 21 percentage points.


Option: Favour methods of organic production


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

+15

0

+10

+14

+3

0

-21

+12

+8

-5

+4

+2

-2

+7

+11

56%

27%

61%

57%

33%

35%

36%

47%

55%

40%

50%

32%

41%

38%

38%


- 25 -


- Protect the welfare of farm animals -


Protect the welfare of farm animals (% EU25)

72%65%

61%59%

56%54%54%54%

51%51%

49%48%48%

47%

47%44%

43%42%

40%39%39%38%

35%35%

23%17%

12%8%

28%

39%

31%32%

13%21%

33%23%

32%

29%16%

37%44%

29%34%

33%47%

38%35%

65%76%

14%

29%

14%

33%

27%

12%

27%

24%

27%

12%

20%

15%

19%

36%

29%

29%

7%

23%

13%11%

7%

17%

19%

21%

31%

15%

30%

30%

40%

0% 100%

PLCYMTDEBEFI

HUSILULTEEATSK

EU25

ITIE

UKNLESCZLVELFRPTSEDK


Concerning the protection of the welfare of farm animals, Polish citizens (72%) have again the highest rate of answers estimating that the Common Agricultural Policy is doing its job fairly well in this field. Poland’s rate is 25 percentage points above the EU25 average. The lowest rates are found in Denmark and Sweden with respectively 17% and 23%. Denmark’s rate is 30 percentage points below the EU25 average. Up to 76% of respondents in Denmark are of the opposite opinion. As this item was not asked in 2003 we have no comparison data for this specific issue on farm animal welfare protection.

- 26 -


- Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities –


Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities(% EU25)

60%

56%

55%

55%

54%

54%

54%

53%

52%

51%

49%

47%

46%

45%

45%

43%

40%

39%

38%

38%

38%

35%

33%

32%

31%

29%

29%

24%

19%

7%

16%

15%

31%

24%

35%

43%

29%

25%

27%

28%

36%

33%

28%

29%

17%

38%

38%

46%

37%

31%

27%

26%

36%

32%

30%

34%

30%

29%

23%

32%

10%

13%

18%

11%

32%

33%

15%

26%

10%

39%

32%

18%

26%

28%

48%

30%

21%

30%

0% 100%

BEDE

LUPLEL

MTSICYLT

ATSKHU

FI

EU25

EEITES

FRNLUKCZ

IEPTSE

DKLV


Belgians are the respondents who believe the most that the CAP is playing its role fairly well in encouraging the diversification of agricultural products and activities, this at a rate of 60%. The result in Germany follows with 56%. Among the new Member States, Poland (55%), Malta (54%) and Slovenia (54%) have the highest rates. On the opposite side of the graph we can note that the Latvians have the lowest score with only 29% answering positively to this statement. Denmark and Sweden follow with respectively 31% and 32%. The non-response rates are considerably high in certain countries, notably in Ireland (48%) and Malta (39%).

- 27 -


When comparing results with 2003, we can see that almost all countries have seen their rates of positive answers increase. The highest increase can be observed in the United Kingdom (+18 points), Belgium (+14 points) and Italy (+13 points). In only three countries do we observe a decrease in their rates of positive answers, namely Ireland (- 14 points), the Netherlands (-5 points) and Austria (- 1 point).


Option: Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

+14

+2

+7

+12

+1

+1

-14

+13

+7

-5

-1

+2

+4

+5

+18

60%

31%

56%

54%

40%

39%

35%

43%

55%

38%

51%

33%

46%

32%

38%


- 28 -


- Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products -


Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products (% EU25)

61%59%

59%55%54%

53%

51%50%

48%46%

45%

45%

44%44%43%

41%

40%39%

38%37%

36%34%

33%28%

28%23%

12%

9%27%

24%

28%13%

40%

30%

35%

24%25%26%

28%

40%35%

45%41%

18%43%

41%34%

32%38%

22%

26%

32%

23%

28%

23%

31%

26%

40%

20%

11%

26%

14%

31%

46%

38%

30%

18%14%

24%

38%

25%

20%

32%

17%

22%

38%

31%

32%

0% 100%

BECYMTDESILUPLITLTFI

EU25

ATEESKUKESHUNLELFRIE

DKPTSECZLV


Once again, Belgium has the highest result of respondents believing the CAP is doing a good job in protecting the specificity and taste of European agricultural products, with 61% indicating this opinion. Cyprus and Malta follow with 59% in each country. Again, Latvia has the lowest result with just 23% indicating that the CAP is playing its role fairly well in this area. The Czech Republic (28%) and Sweden (28%) also have considerably low rates. The non-response rates are again significant in Ireland (46%) and the Czech Republic (40%).

- 29 -


The comparison of results between 2004 and 2003 shows us that countries of the “old” EU 15 Member States are not following the same trend and seem split up: certain countries seeing an increase and others on the contrary a decrease. The highest increases are again observed in the United Kingdom (+21 points), Belgium (+19 points) and Italy (+16 points). The most important decreases can be seen in Ireland (-17 points) and the Netherlands (-6 points).


Option: Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

+19

6

13

2

-1

-4

-17

16

6

-6

-4

0

8

2

21

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

61%

34%

55%

38%

41%

37%

36%

50%

53%

39%

45%

33%

46%

28%

43%


- 30 -


- Help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations –

QB3.3 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Help

farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations(% EU25)

62%62%

58%57%

54%52%51%

49%48%

45%

43%

43%43%43%

42%40%40%

38%38%

36%33%33%

31%30%30%

22%

13%24%

32%

30%

38%31%

44%

34%

20%27%

30%41%

32%33%

52%34%

39%44%

41%50%

43%42%

53%

12%

11%

29%

16%

18%

24%

18%

19%

28%

27%

19%

32%

11%

27%

23%

25%

25%

10%16%

17%

21%

23%

37%30%

28%

26%

27%

19%

27%

0% 100%

CYMTPLBEDELULTSIATEL

EU

IEEESKHUESITFI

UKNLFRSEDKPTLVCZ


Respondents in Cyprus (62%) and Malta (62%) have the highest rates indicating that the CAP plays a fairly good role in helping farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations. Poland (58%) and Belgium (57%) follow. On the contrary, respondents in the Czech Republic are only 22% to indicate the same opinion, a rate that is 21 percentage points below the EU25 average.

- 31 -


The highest increase in positive responses can be observed in Belgium (+17 points) and the United Kingdom (+17 points). Greece (+13 points), Italy (+11 points) and Luxembourg (+10 points) follow. On the other hand, this rate has decreased considerably in Ireland, dropping by 13 percentage points. The Netherlands has also seen a considerable decrease (- 6 points).


Option: Help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

57%

31%

54%

45%

40%

33%

43%

40%

52%

36%

48%

30%

38%

33%

38%


+17

0

9

13

7

-2

-13

11

10

-6

-1

1

1

4

17

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

- 32 -


- Favour and improve life in the countryside -

QB3.4 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Favour and improve life in the countryside(% EU25)

71%

59%55%

52%48%

47%47%

43%43%

43%42%

40%

40%

39%38%

37%36%

36%32%

31%29%

26%25%

23%22%

22%

22%29%

34%

42%

23%39%

48%34%

40%

36%

54%34%

47%39%

42%49%

46%51%

55%54%

63%73%

58%

34%

24%

22%

27%

36%

8%

23%

29%

21%

5%

25%

21%

16%

9%

20%

8%

20%

20%

19%

14%26%

11%

18%

24%

19%

19%

14%

15%

15%

0% 100%

MTCYPLDELTBELUIEATSIUK

EU25

SKELIT

HUESEESECZPTFRNLDKFILV


Maltese respondents have by far the highest response rates indicating that the Common Agricultural Policy is playing its role fairly well in favouring and improving life in the countryside. Indeed 71% of citizens in Malta are of this opinion, which is a rate 31 percentage points above the EU25 average. Cyprus (59%) Poland (55%) and Germany (52%) follow with rates above the 50% mark. On the bottom of the graph we can see that Latvia and Finland have the lowest rates indicating this opinion, with only 22% in both countries. Denmark (23%), the Netherlands (25%) and France (26%) also have very low rates. Finland has the most negative opinion concerning the role played by the CAP in this field: 73% of Finns believe the CAP is playing its role fairly badly in this field.

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The United Kingdom and Belgium have the highest increases in favour of this statement, with respectively +18 and +13 points since 2003. Ireland (-14 points), the Netherlands (-11 points), Finland (-7 points), Denmark (-6 points) and Austria (-3 points ) have seen their rates of positive responses drop somewhat.


Option: Favour and improve life in the countryside


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- Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers -

QB3.1 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural

policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers (% EU25)

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Only in three countries out of the 25 does a majority of respondents believe that the Common Agricultural Policy is playing its role fairly well in ensuring stable and adequate incomes for farmers. These are Germany (54%), Denmark (52%) and Poland (50%). The lowest rates are found in the Czech Republic (13%) and Latvia (18%). Finland is the country where we see the most negative opinion towards the CAP in this area, since 63% of its respondents declare that the CAP is playing its role rather badly here.

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The map below shows us that Germany has seen the sharpest increase in its rate of positive responses since 2003 (+18 points). The United Kingdom (+16 points), Belgium (+15 points), Italy (+14 points) and Denmark (+13 points) also have significant increases. In the Netherlands, the rate has dropped by 7 points, making this the most important decrease among the 15 surveyed countries.



Option: Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers


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- Reduce development gaps between regions -

QB3.5 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Reduce development gaps between regions(% EU25)

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Only in Germany does a majority of citizens (52%) believe that the Common Agricultural Policy is currently playing its role fairly well in reducing development gaps between regions. This can perhaps be explained by the fact that that Germany is a major contributor to the EU budget and has also seen Eastern Germany benefit from this help brought by the CAP. Again, Latvia has the lowest result in favour of the CAP, with only 17% of its citizens believing that the CAP is doing its job fairly well. The non-response rates are significantly high in Ireland (47%), Malta (46%), Lithuania (41%) and the United Kingdom (40%). Once again, we can note that Finland has the strongest rate of negative opinions towards the CAP concerning this issue, at 61%.

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Belgium (+16 points) and Germany (+16 points) have seen their rates of positive responses increase the most since 2003. Ireland has the most significant decrease with a drop of 12 percentage points.


Option: Reduce development gaps between regions


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Denmark

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- Protect small or medium sized farms -


Protect small or medium sized farms (% EU25)

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The area for which the CAP received the lowest rates of positive answers is for its role in protecting small or medium sized farms. Indeed, we can note that in none of the 25 surveyed countries do we see rates above the 50% mark. The highest positive response rates are found in Luxembourg (47%) and Malta (45%). The lowest rate is observed in Finland where only 11% of Finnish citizens believe that the CAP is playing its role fairly well in protecting these farmers. Indeed, the rate of respondents indicating “fairly badly” rises to 85%, which is 36 percentage points above the EU25 average. As seen earlier, the Finns show certain discontent with the current role played by the CAP for certain specific areas, which certainly influence directly the agriculture in this country.

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The map below shows that Italy has seen its rate increase the most since 2003, up 12 percentage points. Germany (+10 points), Belgium (+9 points) and Luxembourg (+9 points) also have considerable increases in their rates of positive answers. On the other hand, Ireland (-16 points) and the Netherlands (-13 points) have seen their rates drop significantly since 2003.


Option: Protect small or medium sized farms


neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

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As we have seen throughout this part of the analysis, the Irish result compared with last year’s has tendency to drop significantly in almost all fields tested. The reform of the CAP’s functioning has left many Irish farmers significantly discontent with this reformed system, as some of their interests have been put into question. This discontent has no doubt reflected on the public opinion in Ireland, which can perhaps explain the decrease of positive opinions as to the perception of the role played by the CAP.

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4. Development of the Common Agricultural Policy In this final part we will look at how Europeans judge the development made to the Common Agricultural Policy. Indeed, respondents were explained that on the one hand the European Union is subsidising less and less its agricultural products, and on the other, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economy and for direct support to farmers. Source questionnaire: QB4

- A clear majority of Europeans sees the development of the CAP as a good thing-

QB4 The EU is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural

economy and for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…? (% EU25)

N either go o d no r bad thing

(SP ON T A N EOUS)9%

D K8%

a go o d thing66%

a bad thing 17%

When asked what they thought about the development of the Common Agricultural Policy as explained above, a majority of European citizens within the 25 EU Member States indicates that they believe it is a good thing, with a rate of 66%, among which 13% believes it is a very good thing and 53% that it is a fairly good thing. On the contrary, a total of 17% of respondents in the 25 EU Member States believes that this development is a bad thing, among which 13% indicate it is a fairly bad thing and only 4% that it is a very bad thing. 9% of respondents mention that this development is neither a good thing nor a bad thing, and 8% answer that they don’t know. We can conclude that European citizens are satisfied with the reforms taken to develop and modify the CAP from a subsidising system in to a more cost effective and market-oriented system benefiting both consumers and farmers.

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When observing the country results, we can see that Poland has the highest rate of respondents indicating that this development of the EU’s agricultural policy is a good thing. With a total of 77%, the Polish result is 11 percentage points above the EU25 average. Luxembourg follows with a rate of 76%. Countries with the lowest rates in favour of this development are Portugal (52%), Italy (54%), Greece (54%), Austria (55%), Denmark (55%) and Spain (56%) with rates below the 60% mark. Nevertheless, all of these countries have a majority in favour of this development.

EU25 66%

Belgium 71%

Denmark 55%

Germany 71%

Spain 56%

France 68%

Ireland 63%

Italy 54%

Luxembourg 76%

The Netherlands 71%

Austria 55%

Portugal 52%

Finland 67%

Sweden 62%

United Kingdom 73%

Cyprus 68%

Czech Republic 62%

Estonia 71%

Hungary 70%

Latvia 68%

Lithuania 71%

Malta 67%

Poland 77%

Slovakia 65%

Slovenia 71%

71% - 100%

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Country Results

QB4 The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, itis granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economyand for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

Answers: A good thing

Greece 54%

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The table below shows the comparison of the results of this years’ survey with those of the surveys conducted in 2003 and 2002 for both the EU15 average and the Candidate country average. Please note that the results for 2003 only enclose the 15 “old” EU Member States as this survey was not conducted in the Candidate Countries that same year. We can say that although there is a slight rise in the rate of positive answers in 2004 (66%) compared to 2003 (59%) and 2002 (62%) (with the exception of the Candidate country rate in 2002 – 67%), we can also observe that the negative response rate has also slightly risen (up 2 points from 2003). This is due to the fact that the rate of non-responses has decreased and because somewhat fewer respondents tend to answer neutrally, namely “neither good nor bad”. If we look at the Candidate country average in 2002, we can say that the rate of positive answers was slightly higher than it is in 2004 for the EU25 average. The rate of non-responses was also considerably higher, at 24% compared to 8% in 2004.

QB4 The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economy and for direct support to

farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

66%

59%

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10%

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0% 100%

2004 (EU25)

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A good thing A bad thing Neither good nor bad thing (SPONTANEOUS) DK

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The map below shows the comparison of country results between 2004 and 2003 for the “old” EU15 countries and results between 2004 and 2002 for the “old” Candidate countries, which have become the new Member States in May 2004. We can see that in the majority of countries throughout the 25 EU Member States, there has been an increase in respondents believing the development of the CAP is a good thing. The most significant increases can be seen in the new Member States where 9 out of 10 countries have seen an increase since 2002. Lithuania has the highest increase with +23 percentage points. Slovenia and Estonia follow with respectively +14 and +13 points compared to 2002. Among the “old” EU15 countries we can see that the highest increase since 2003 results is found in France (+9 points). Sweden and Luxembourg follow with both +8 points compared to the 2003 survey. While in Ireland, Denmark and Greece the rates have remained unchanged, we can note a decrease of positive results in only 3 countries namely Hungary (-5 points) since 2002, and Portugal (-4 points) as well as Austria (-1 point) since 2003.

QB4 The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, itis granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economyand for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

Answers: A good thing

neutral

negative

Color Keypositive

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

The Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

71%

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Analysis by socio-demographic characteristics A good

thingA bad thing

EU25 66% 17%

Sex

Male 67% 18%

Female 65% 16%

Age

15-24 68% 15%

25-39 68% 17%

40-54 66% 18%

55 + 63% 17%

Education (End of)

15 59% 19%

16-19 67% 17%

20+ 70% 17%

Still Studying 71% 13%

Respondant occupation scale

Self- employed 62% 22%

Mana-gers 74% 16%

Other white collars 66% 18%

Manual workers 65% 17%

House persons 61% 16%

Unem-ployed 65% 18%

Retired 64% 17%

Students 71% 13%

Subjective urbanisation

Rural village 64% 18%

Small/mid size town 66% 18%

Large town 68% 15%

Results by socio-demographic characteristics show us that there are only few discrepancies among the different categories. The level of education shows us that persons having studied until the age of 20 years or above (70%) as well as persons currently studying (71%) are more numerous than those with the lowest level of education (59%) to believe that the development of the CAP is a good thing. The occupational scale shows us that managers (74%) are far more numerous than the other occupational categories to believe that the development of the CAP is a good thing.

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CONCLUSION The analysis has shown that the European citizens of the enlarged European Union continue to praise the advantages of the Common Agricultural Policy and the role it is playing in the European agriculture. Furthermore, Europeans continue to express the benefits of transforming the Common Agricultural Policy in the way it supports farmers. The advantages of the CAP are widespread and Europeans seem to agree, although to a somewhat lesser extent than in the previous surveys, with the various areas where the CAP’s intervention can be an advantage. The main advantages as seen in earlier reports continue to remain the fact that the CAP ensures the safety and the quality of the food that is purchased by Europeans. Somewhat more than in 2003 and 2002, Europeans also recognise the importance of the information on the geographical origin of the food, which has become a benefit consumers now see in the CAP. Respondents in Cyprus and Malta seem to agree the most with the advantages presented by the CAP while citizens in Sweden and Denmark are somewhat less convinced by these advantages. Contrarily to what was perceived in 2003 and 2002, we have also observed a rise in the belief among Europeans that the CAP favours the consumers rather than farmers while in 2003 and 2002 it was mostly thought that it favours both equally. Concerning the main priorities of the European Union in terms of agricultural policy, we have seen in this report that the main priority is ensuring stable and adequate incomes for farmers. The second most important priority is to ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe, and the third most important priority is to promote the respect of the environment. The latter priority is however clearly less indicated in the New Member States than in the former 15 EU Member States. The socio-demographic results have also shown us that the perception of the CAP also varies with age, the level of education as well as the locality type of respondents. When asked to rate the way the CAP is currently playing its role in different areas, results show that Europeans have a quite positive opinion. Indeed, in the majority of areas tested, most Europeans judge that the CAP is playing its role fairly well. The most positive opinions come from Cyprus and Malta, while countries such as Denmark, Latvia, Sweden and to some extent Finland show dissatisfaction in certain specific areas. When comparing results with 2003 for the former 15 EU Member States, we can also note that in general there is an increase in the positive opinions of Europeans towards the role played by the CAP. This is especially the case in countries such as the United Kingdom or Belgium. On the contrary, we have seen that respondents in Ireland are rather dissatisfied with the current role of the CAP, and that their opinion has considerably dropped since last years survey, most probably due to the strong discontent of Irish farmers with the reform of the CAP. Finally, a clear majority of European citizens in the 25 EU Member States would like to see a continuation of the CAP’s development in the way it supports the EU farmers. Indeed, 66% of EU citizens see the adjustment of the CAP from a subsidising system to a system which funds the protection and development of the overall rural economy as well as direct support to farmers as a good thing.

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TABLES

- 1 -

TOTAL


eat


quality


It ensures that the food you buy is

reasonably priced

It ensures that you

have enough

information about

the geographical area where

your foodcomes from

It ensures that you

have enough

information about how the food was produced

and processe

d

It ensures

that farmanimals are well treated

It favoursconsumers rather

than farmers

It favoursfarmers rather than

consumers

It favoursequally farmers

and consumer

s

None of these

(SPONTANEOUS)

DK

EU25 24999 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 19% 20% 12% 18% 8% 8%

BE 1011 43% 44% 33% 32% 32% 22% 22% 26% 11% 22% 8% 2%DK 1011 31% 29% 19% 40% 27% 22% 19% 15% 37% 21% 5% 2%D-W 1001 30% 39% 23% 32% 41% 25% 19% 21% 11% 20% 7% 4%DE 1533 30% 37% 24% 31% 40% 24% 19% 19% 11% 20% 8% 4%D-E 532 30% 31% 25% 24% 36% 22% 18% 14% 9% 21% 13% 4%EL 1000 37% 35% 30% 20% 29% 20% 12% 17% 6% 18% 19% 4%ES 1045 36% 38% 35% 18% 25% 21% 17% 19% 11% 13% 9% 13%FR 1004 32% 28% 25% 14% 36% 16% 15% 26% 12% 17% 10% 6%IE 1000 48% 42% 35% 19% 23% 22% 22% 16% 12% 19% 4% 15%IT 1005 32% 29% 25% 19% 29% 28% 13% 8% 7% 11% 9% 10%LU 510 46% 50% 32% 39% 40% 26% 25% 25% 14% 23% 9% 4%NL 1016 56% 46% 29% 32% 31% 28% 19% 33% 14% 22% 3% 4%AT 1030 33% 35% 22% 20% 35% 30% 24% 19% 10% 25% 13% 7%PT 1000 33% 28% 25% 20% 24% 21% 14% 12% 7% 13% 11% 17%FI 1028 53% 49% 31% 37% 26% 22% 29% 44% 9% 16% 3% 1%SE 1009 25% 24% 13% 28% 28% 13% 9% 28% 27% 15% 10% 2%UK 1366 39% 27% 26% 21% 14% 16% 19% 24% 20% 16% 5% 13%CY 500 76% 73% 61% 20% 49% 36% 41% 19% 7% 32% 3% 3%CZ 1120 41% 23% 25% 19% 47% 21% 25% 19% 19% 19% 7% 6%EE 1000 34% 39% 28% 24% 20% 15% 19% 19% 13% 20% 6% 10%HU 1000 34% 38% 32% 29% 24% 21% 24% 14% 8% 24% 16% 6%LV 1000 35% 38% 28% 17% 21% 20% 26% 27% 13% 17% 5% 13%LT 1004 36% 38% 33% 22% 19% 21% 22% 20% 9% 23% 7% 11%MT 500 72% 75% 75% 51% 41% 47% 45% 17% 11% 39% 1% 3%PL 1000 27% 33% 22% 17% 18% 20% 32% 17% 13% 25% 5% 7%SK 1307 32% 31% 24% 19% 23% 29% 17% 27% 7% 23% 9% 5%SI 1000 54% 44% 41% 52% 49% 28% 31% 46% 12% 23% 3% 3%

QB1 European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following statements do you agree? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

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TOTAL


eat


quality


It ensures that the food you buy is

reasonably priced

It ensures that you

have enough

information about

the geographical area where

your foodcomes from

It ensures that you

have enough

information about how the food was produced

and processe

d

It ensures

that farmanimals are well treated

It favoursconsumers rather

than farmers

It favoursfarmers rather than

consumers

It favoursequally farmers

and consumer

s

None of these

(SPONTANEOUS)

DK

EU25 24999 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 19% 20% 12% 18% 8% 8%SexMale 12056 36% 34% 27% 23% 29% 22% 19% 20% 15% 18% 8% 6%Female 12943 34% 32% 26% 22% 28% 21% 18% 20% 10% 17% 9% 9%Age15-24 3817 38% 37% 26% 21% 30% 24% 18% 24% 10% 19% 5% 10%25-39 6631 37% 35% 26% 21% 33% 24% 18% 22% 12% 17% 7% 6%40-54 6381 33% 31% 25% 23% 28% 22% 20% 19% 12% 17% 9% 6%55 + 8163 32% 32% 27% 23% 26% 18% 19% 17% 14% 18% 10% 9%Education (End of)15 6321 30% 30% 26% 22% 22% 18% 18% 16% 10% 16% 11% 12%16-19 9862 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 20% 20% 12% 17% 8% 7%20+ 5876 37% 34% 26% 24% 34% 24% 18% 23% 16% 19% 6% 4%Still Study 2469 39% 38% 28% 21% 33% 26% 18% 23% 11% 20% 4% 8%Household composition1 4244 33% 32% 27% 22% 23% 19% 19% 18% 14% 18% 9% 10%2 7388 33% 33% 26% 24% 28% 20% 18% 18% 13% 19% 10% 7%3 4956 35% 32% 25% 21% 30% 21% 19% 21% 11% 15% 9% 8%4+ 8410 36% 35% 27% 22% 31% 24% 20% 22% 11% 19% 6% 7%Place of birthSurveyed 23483 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 19% 20% 12% 17% 8% 8%EU 674 32% 27% 26% 23% 23% 16% 15% 17% 11% 23% 9% 8%Europe ou 303 25% 35% 15% 28% 23% 18% 20% 14% 8% 21% 12% 8%Outside E 512 42% 38% 29% 28% 20% 18% 20% 20% 12% 18% 4% 6%Parents' birth2 born cou 22128 35% 33% 26% 22% 29% 22% 19% 20% 12% 17% 8% 8%1 country 834 33% 31% 23% 25% 34% 20% 17% 19% 16% 18% 10% 5%2EU 810 32% 32% 22% 24% 28% 18% 16% 20% 10% 21% 10% 8%At least 1 1137 40% 35% 28% 28% 24% 18% 25% 22% 13% 20% 6% 7%Left-Right scale(1-4) Left 6482 35% 33% 26% 25% 34% 24% 18% 21% 15% 17% 7% 5%(5-6) Cen 8436 37% 35% 27% 23% 29% 21% 21% 22% 12% 19% 7% 6%(7-10) Rig 4073 38% 37% 28% 24% 31% 25% 21% 22% 14% 20% 8% 4%Respondant occupation scaleSelf- emp 1954 36% 33% 26% 22% 35% 26% 20% 23% 13% 17% 9% 5%Mana-gers 2346 38% 33% 24% 25% 36% 26% 18% 22% 20% 18% 5% 3%Other whi 2713 36% 33% 25% 24% 32% 24% 16% 22% 11% 16% 6% 7%Manual wo 5223 34% 34% 26% 22% 29% 21% 19% 21% 11% 18% 8% 8%House per 2468 33% 32% 27% 19% 25% 19% 17% 16% 8% 15% 11% 12%Unem-plo 1726 34% 32% 26% 22% 23% 20% 21% 20% 10% 17% 8% 9%Retired 6099 33% 32% 27% 23% 24% 18% 20% 17% 14% 18% 11% 9%Students 2469 39% 38% 28% 21% 33% 26% 18% 23% 11% 20% 4% 8%Subjective urbanisationRural villa 8583 33% 34% 26% 22% 28% 20% 21% 23% 11% 18% 8% 8%Small/�m 10127 35% 33% 27% 22% 30% 22% 18% 19% 13% 17% 8% 7%Large tow 6214 35% 33% 26% 23% 28% 23% 18% 17% 14% 18% 8% 9%

QB1 European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following statements do you agree? (MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

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TOTAL

Ensure stable and

adequate incomes

for farmers

Make Europeanagriculture more

competitive on world

markets

Help farmers to adapt

their productio

n to consumer

’s expectati

ons

Favour and

improve life in thecountrysi

de


Encourage the

diversification of

agricultural

products and

activities

Favour methods

of organic

production

Promote the

respect of

environment

Protect the

specificity and

taste of Europeanagricultur

al products

Protect small or medium

sized farms

Ensure that

agricultural

products are

healthy and safe

Protect the

welfare of farm animals

None of these

(SPONTANEOUS)

DK

EU25 24999 36% 25% 22% 26% 16% 11% 20% 28% 7% 23% 30% 16% 2% 5%

BE 1011 37% 22% 30% 20% 13% 13% 25% 30% 9% 28% 38% 13% 1% 1%DK 1011 18% 25% 22% 11% 14% 7% 30% 48% 5% 18% 37% 43% 1% 1%D-W 1001 34% 31% 20% 21% 16% 11% 26% 24% 4% 20% 31% 18% 2% 4%DE 1533 34% 33% 21% 22% 16% 11% 27% 24% 3% 20% 31% 17% 2% 4%D-E 532 32% 43% 22% 24% 17% 11% 27% 24% 2% 19% 31% 15% 2% 2%EL 1000 61% 27% 25% 43% 15% 12% 19% 22% 3% 20% 24% 6% 1% 2%ES 1045 40% 21% 19% 43% 17% 8% 10% 24% 4% 22% 18% 8% 2% 9%FR 1004 38% 23% 23% 20% 17% 9% 18% 46% 11% 29% 33% 10% 0% 3%IE 1000 31% 18% 17% 26% 12% 9% 17% 30% 5% 23% 34% 15% 1% 14%IT 1005 26% 33% 24% 16% 17% 14% 18% 26% 12% 13% 28% 9% 3% 5%LU 510 30% 18% 23% 24% 11% 7% 27% 40% 8% 32% 29% 24% 2% 2%NL 1016 38% 22% 18% 17% 14% 15% 30% 30% 10% 24% 37% 25% 1% 2%AT 1030 36% 22% 23% 30% 15% 23% 29% 25% 12% 21% 24% 14% 2% 2%PT 1000 40% 23% 23% 39% 18% 10% 11% 23% 14% 17% 26% 10% 1% 8%FI 1028 46% 15% 16% 34% 22% 9% 19% 32% 5% 35% 32% 18% 0% 0%SE 1009 19% 14% 22% 27% 10% 17% 28% 38% 5% 26% 42% 40% 1% 1%UK 1366 29% 14% 17% 17% 10% 8% 17% 36% 5% 25% 36% 36% 2% 8%CY 500 47% 20% 35% 50% 9% 8% 18% 32% 6% 18% 37% 6% - 3%CZ 1120 25% 31% 31% 31% 18% 12% 20% 30% 5% 20% 33% 11% 1% 5%EE 1000 41% 19% 18% 53% 15% 6% 32% 19% 6% 27% 16% 5% 0% 7%HU 1000 46% 27% 16% 45% 23% 8% 18% 17% 11% 27% 30% 7% 2% 3%LV 1000 34% 21% 18% 51% 20% 6% 16% 21% 4% 37% 24% 6% 6% 1%LT 1004 45% 16% 34% 54% 11% 14% 29% 8% 2% 31% 20% 4% 2% 8%MT 500 34% 21% 32% 20% 8% 6% 17% 41% 6% 15% 50% 15% 0% 6%PL 1000 49% 21% 26% 32% 21% 6% 24% 12% 4% 30% 24% 9% 1% 4%SK 1307 37% 29% 23% 29% 36% 17% 17% 18% 7% 27% 16% 13% 1% 4%SI 1000 40% 15% 22% 38% 27% 9% 32% 23% 4% 35% 32% 13% 0% 2%

QB2 In your opinion, which of the following should be the three main priorities of the European Union in terms of agriculture policy? (MAX. 3 ANSWERS)

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TOTAL

Ensure stable and

adequateincomes

for farmers

Make Europeanagriculture more

competitive on world

markets

Help farmers to adapt

their productio

n to consumer

’s expectati

ons

Favour and

improve life in thecountrysi

de


Encourage the

diversification of

agricultural

products and

activities

Favour methods

of organic

production

Promote the

respect of

environment

Protect the

specificity and

taste of Europeanagricultur

al products

Protect small or medium

sized farms

Ensure that

agricultural

products are

healthy and safe

Protect the

welfare of farm animals

None of these

(SPONTANEOUS)

DK

EU25 24999 36% 25% 22% 26% 16% 11% 20% 28% 7% 23% 30% 16% 2% 5%SexMale 12056 36% 27% 22% 25% 18% 12% 19% 28% 7% 23% 30% 14% 2% 4%Female 12943 35% 22% 21% 26% 15% 9% 21% 28% 7% 23% 30% 17% 2% 6%Age15-24 3817 37% 23% 21% 24% 19% 9% 20% 29% 6% 21% 30% 20% 1% 5%25-39 6631 34% 25% 22% 24% 18% 11% 21% 32% 7% 23% 33% 16% 1% 3%40-54 6381 35% 26% 22% 25% 16% 13% 22% 28% 8% 23% 29% 15% 2% 4%55 + 8163 36% 24% 23% 28% 14% 9% 18% 25% 6% 23% 27% 15% 2% 6%Education (End of)15 6321 38% 22% 21% 31% 11% 9% 14% 22% 6% 25% 26% 15% 2% 8%16-19 9862 36% 26% 24% 25% 16% 11% 21% 28% 6% 24% 29% 16% 2% 4%20+ 5876 33% 26% 21% 21% 20% 12% 25% 35% 8% 20% 34% 14% 2% 3%Still Study 2469 35% 25% 20% 21% 22% 8% 23% 32% 7% 19% 33% 20% 1% 4%Household composition1 4244 33% 20% 19% 27% 15% 10% 20% 30% 6% 23% 30% 19% 2% 6%2 7388 36% 26% 23% 25% 16% 10% 19% 28% 7% 22% 29% 16% 2% 5%3 4956 38% 25% 23% 26% 17% 11% 20% 28% 6% 24% 29% 14% 1% 5%4+ 8410 35% 25% 22% 25% 17% 11% 21% 28% 7% 23% 31% 15% 2% 4%Place of birthSurveyed 23483 36% 25% 22% 26% 16% 10% 20% 29% 7% 23% 29% 16% 2% 5%EU 674 29% 21% 21% 22% 16% 14% 23% 28% 7% 23% 34% 22% 2% 4%Europe ou 303 26% 19% 19% 28% 18% 13% 26% 10% 3% 17% 20% 10% 8% 11%Outside Eu 512 32% 22% 22% 18% 16% 11% 22% 31% 7% 19% 34% 15% - 10%Parents' birth2 born cou 22128 36% 25% 22% 26% 16% 11% 20% 28% 7% 23% 29% 16% 2% 5%1 country 834 32% 23% 18% 23% 15% 11% 23% 34% 8% 24% 35% 18% 2% 3%2EU 810 30% 21% 23% 19% 17% 13% 23% 30% 7% 21% 31% 17% 4% 6%At least 1 1137 36% 22% 22% 21% 17% 9% 24% 27% 6% 22% 34% 14% 1% 7%Left-Right scale(1-4) Left 6482 34% 24% 22% 23% 19% 12% 24% 34% 6% 22% 30% 17% 1% 3%(5-6) Cen 8436 37% 26% 23% 26% 16% 10% 21% 28% 6% 23% 31% 17% 1% 4%(7-10) Rig 4073 36% 28% 23% 27% 17% 12% 19% 28% 9% 24% 30% 15% 1% 3%Respondant occupation scaleSelf- emp 1954 36% 28% 24% 24% 17% 14% 21% 28% 9% 25% 27% 11% 3% 3%Mana-gers 2346 34% 27% 21% 19% 20% 15% 25% 37% 8% 20% 35% 17% 1% 1%Other whi 2713 32% 28% 21% 22% 17% 13% 23% 32% 7% 20% 34% 16% 1% 3%Manual wo 5223 35% 24% 23% 27% 16% 11% 18% 28% 6% 26% 30% 17% 2% 4%House per 2468 36% 21% 21% 28% 11% 8% 18% 24% 7% 22% 27% 15% 2% 10%Unem-plo 1726 37% 21% 23% 28% 18% 10% 18% 26% 6% 23% 26% 17% 2% 6%Retired 6099 38% 24% 22% 29% 14% 9% 19% 25% 5% 23% 27% 14% 2% 6%Students 2469 35% 25% 20% 21% 22% 8% 23% 32% 7% 19% 33% 20% 1% 4%Subjective urbanisationRural villa 8583 41% 23% 21% 30% 14% 9% 19% 27% 6% 27% 27% 16% 2% 5%Small/�m 10127 33% 25% 23% 23% 17% 12% 20% 29% 8% 22% 31% 15% 2% 5%Large tow 6214 32% 26% 22% 24% 18% 10% 22% 30% 7% 18% 31% 17% 2% 5%

QB2 In your opinion, which of the following should be the three main priorities of the European Union in terms of agriculture policy? (MAX. 3 ANSWERS)

- 5 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 37% 43% 21%

BE 1011 46% 44% 10%DK 1011 52% 34% 14%D-W 1001 55% 33% 12%DE 1533 54% 34% 12%D-E 532 48% 39% 13%EL 1000 33% 56% 11%ES 1045 30% 42% 28%FR 1004 23% 59% 18%IE 1000 47% 21% 32%IT 1005 34% 34% 32%LU 510 43% 35% 23%NL 1016 30% 52% 18%AT 1030 41% 40% 19%PT 1000 27% 51% 22%FI 1028 31% 63% 6%SE 1009 33% 46% 21%UK 1366 34% 42% 25%CY 500 41% 35% 24%CZ 1120 13% 62% 26%EE 1000 32% 42% 27%HU 1000 23% 60% 17%LV 1000 18% 58% 24%LT 1004 47% 23% 30%MT 500 43% 23% 34%PL 1000 50% 33% 16%SK 1307 29% 47% 24%SI 1000 35% 51% 13%

QB3.1 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

- 6 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 37% 43% 21%SexMale 12056 40% 43% 17%Female 12943 34% 42% 24%Age15-24 3817 38% 40% 22%25-39 6631 35% 45% 20%40-54 6381 37% 43% 21%55 + 8163 38% 42% 20%Education (End of)15 6321 35% 41% 23%16-19 9862 36% 45% 19%20+ 5876 39% 43% 18%Still Study 2469 41% 37% 22%Household composition1 4244 36% 40% 24%2 7388 38% 43% 19%3 4956 36% 43% 20%4+ 8410 37% 43% 21%Place of birthSurveyed 23483 36% 43% 21%EU 674 47% 38% 14%Europe ou 303 53% 32% 15%Outside E 512 45% 32% 23%Parents' birth2 born cou 22128 36% 43% 21%1 country 834 39% 44% 17%2EU 810 40% 42% 18%At least 1 1137 43% 34% 23%Left-Right scale(1-4) Left 6482 39% 42% 18%(5-6) Cen 8436 38% 44% 18%(7-10) Rig 4073 41% 45% 15%Respondant occupation scaleSelf- emp 1954 35% 45% 20%Mana-gers 2346 43% 40% 18%Other whi 2713 35% 43% 22%Manual wo 5223 35% 46% 19%House per 2468 32% 41% 27%Unem-plo 1726 38% 43% 19%Retired 6099 38% 43% 19%Students 2469 41% 37% 22%Subjective urbanisationRural villa 8583 33% 47% 20%Small/�m 10127 37% 43% 20%Large tow 6214 42% 36% 22%

QB3.1 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

- 7 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 48% 30% 23%


QB3.2 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Make European agriculture more competitive on world markets

- 8 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.2 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Make European agriculture more competitive on world markets

- 9 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 43% 34% 23%


QB3.3 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations

- 10 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.3 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations

- 11 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 40% 40% 20%


QB3.4 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Favour and improve life in the countryside

- 12 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.4 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Favour and improve life in the countryside

- 13 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 37% 37% 26%


QB3.5 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Reduce development gaps between regions

- 14 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.5 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Reduce development gaps between regions

- 15 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 45% 29% 26%


QB3.6 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities

- 16 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.6 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities

- 17 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 47% 31% 23%


QB3.7 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Favour methods of organic production

- 18 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.7 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Favour methods of organic production

- 19 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 55% 28% 16%


QB3.8 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Promote the respect of environment

- 20 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.8 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Promote the respect of environment

- 21 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 45% 30% 25%


QB3.9 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products

- 22 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.9 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products

- 23 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 30% 49% 21%


QB3.10 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect small or medium sized farms

- 24 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.10 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect small or medium sized farms

- 25 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 57% 26% 16%


QB3.11 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

- 26 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.11 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

- 27 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK

EU25 24999 47% 32% 21%


QB3.12 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect the welfare of farm animals

- 28 -

TOTALFairly well

Fairly badly

DK


QB3.12 And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…? Protect the welfare of farm animals

- 29 -

TOTALa very good thing

a fairly good thing

a fairly bad thing

a very bad thing

Neither good nor bad thing(SPONTANEOUS)

DKA good thing

A bad thing

EU25 24999 13% 53% 13% 4% 9% 8% 66% 17%

BE 1011 13% 58% 13% 3% 11% 2% 71% 16%DK 1011 6% 49% 27% 5% 8% 5% 55% 32%D-W 1001 10% 61% 13% 2% 10% 4% 71% 15%DE 1533 11% 61% 13% 2% 10% 4% 71% 15%D-E 532 12% 59% 10% 2% 12% 4% 72% 12%EL 1000 12% 42% 12% 9% 13% 13% 54% 21%ES 1045 9% 47% 13% 5% 11% 15% 56% 19%FR 1004 12% 56% 12% 4% 9% 7% 68% 16%IE 1000 22% 41% 6% 3% 10% 17% 63% 9%IT 1005 14% 40% 17% 9% 8% 11% 54% 26%LU 510 23% 53% 7% 4% 9% 4% 76% 11%NL 1016 9% 62% 17% 3% 5% 4% 71% 20%AT 1030 12% 43% 12% 4% 18% 11% 55% 16%PT 1000 6% 46% 11% 4% 16% 17% 52% 15%FI 1028 12% 55% 21% 6% 3% 4% 67% 26%SE 1009 9% 52% 19% 5% 5% 9% 62% 24%UK 1366 16% 56% 10% 3% 8% 5% 73% 13%CY 500 10% 58% 5% 2% 17% 8% 68% 7%CZ 1120 10% 52% 13% 2% 12% 11% 62% 15%EE 1000 17% 55% 10% 1% 6% 11% 71% 11%HU 1000 22% 48% 6% 2% 14% 8% 70% 9%LV 1000 21% 47% 9% 3% 11% 8% 68% 13%LT 1004 18% 53% 12% 2% 5% 11% 71% 13%MT 500 21% 46% 8% 3% 10% 13% 67% 10%PL 1000 14% 63% 9% 2% 6% 7% 77% 10%SK 1307 13% 52% 15% 4% 10% 5% 65% 20%SI 1000 10% 61% 16% 2% 7% 4% 71% 18%

QB4 The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economy and for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

- 30 -

TOTALa very good thing

a fairly good thing

a fairly bad thing

a very bad thing

Neither good nor bad thing(SPONTANEOUS)

DKA good thing

A bad thing

EU25 24999 13% 53% 13% 4% 9% 8% 66% 17%SexMale 12056 13% 54% 13% 5% 9% 6% 67% 18%Female 12943 12% 53% 13% 3% 10% 9% 65% 16%Age15-24 3817 12% 57% 12% 2% 8% 9% 68% 15%25-39 6631 13% 55% 13% 4% 9% 7% 68% 17%40-54 6381 13% 53% 14% 4% 10% 6% 66% 18%55 + 8163 12% 51% 12% 5% 10% 9% 63% 17%Education (End of)15 6321 12% 47% 13% 5% 11% 11% 59% 19%16-19 9862 12% 55% 13% 4% 10% 6% 67% 17%20+ 5876 14% 56% 13% 4% 7% 6% 70% 17%Still Study 2469 12% 59% 10% 3% 8% 8% 71% 13%Household composition1 4244 12% 52% 11% 4% 10% 9% 64% 16%2 7388 13% 53% 13% 5% 9% 8% 66% 18%3 4956 12% 53% 13% 4% 9% 9% 65% 18%4+ 8410 12% 55% 14% 3% 9% 7% 67% 17%Place of birthSurveyed 23483 12% 53% 13% 4% 9% 8% 66% 17%EU 674 14% 55% 13% 4% 9% 7% 69% 16%Europe ou 303 13% 53% 13% 2% 9% 11% 67% 14%Outside E 512 13% 55% 13% 4% 10% 5% 68% 17%Parents' birth2 born cou 22128 12% 53% 13% 4% 9% 8% 65% 17%1 country 834 17% 52% 11% 4% 10% 6% 69% 15%2EU 810 13% 57% 14% 2% 7% 8% 70% 15%At least 1 1137 13% 54% 13% 3% 10% 7% 67% 16%Left-Right scale(1-4) Left 6482 14% 54% 14% 5% 8% 6% 68% 18%(5-6) Cen 8436 12% 58% 13% 3% 9% 6% 69% 15%(7-10) Rig 4073 13% 57% 13% 4% 7% 5% 70% 17%Respondant occupation scaleSelf- emp 1954 14% 48% 15% 7% 10% 6% 62% 22%Mana-gers 2346 15% 59% 13% 3% 7% 4% 74% 16%Other whi 2713 13% 53% 14% 4% 9% 7% 66% 18%Manual wo 5223 11% 54% 14% 4% 10% 7% 65% 17%House per 2468 13% 48% 12% 4% 10% 13% 61% 16%Unem-plo 1726 14% 51% 15% 3% 9% 8% 65% 18%Retired 6099 12% 53% 13% 5% 10% 9% 64% 17%Students 2469 12% 59% 10% 3% 8% 8% 71% 13%Subjective urbanisationRural villa 8583 12% 52% 13% 5% 10% 8% 64% 18%Small/�m 10127 13% 53% 14% 4% 9% 7% 66% 18%Large tow 6214 13% 55% 11% 3% 9% 8% 68% 15%

QB4 The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economy and for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

TECHNICAL NOTE

SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER N°221

« Europeans and the Common Agricultural Policy » TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Between 22nd November and 19th December 2004, the TNS Opinion & Social, a consortium created between Taylor Nelson Sofres and EOS Gallup Europe, carried out wave 62.2 of the EUROBAROMETER, on request of the EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Directorate-General Press and Communication, Opinion Polls. The SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER N°221 is part of wave 62.2 and covers the population of the respective nationalities of the European Union member States, resident in each of the Member States and aged 15 years and over. The basic sample design applied in all Member States is a multi-stage, random (probability) one. In each EU country, a number of sampling points was drawn with probability proportional to population size (for a total coverage of the country) and to population density. In order to do so, the sampling points were drawn systematically from each of the "administrative regional units", after stratification by individual unit and type of area. They thus represent the whole territory of the countries surveyed according to the EUROSTAT NUTS 2 (or equivalent) and according to the distribution of the resident population of the respective EU-nationalities in terms of metropolitan, urban and rural areas. In each of the selected sampling points, a starting address was drawn, at random. Further addresses were selected as every Nth address by standard random route procedures, from the initial address. In each household, the respondent was drawn, at random (following the closest birthday rule). All interviews have been conducted face-to-face in people's home and in the appropriate national language. As far as the data capture is concerned, CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interview) was used in those countries where this technique was available.

ABREVIATIONS COUNTRIES INSTITUTES N° INTERVIEWS FIELDWORK DATES POPULATION 15+ AT Austria Österreichisches Gallup-Institute 1.030 30-11 / 19-12-2004 6.679.444 BE Belgium TNS Dimarso 1.011 01-12 / 19-12-2004 8.598.982 DK Denmark TNS Gallup DK 1.011 29-11 / 19-12-2004 4.380.063 FR France TNS Sofres 1.004 27-11 / 19-12-2004 44.010.619 FI Finland TNS Gallup OY 1.028 26-11 / 19-12-2004 4.279.286 DE Germany TNS Infratest 1.533 26-11 / 14-12-2004 64.174.295 EL Greece TNS ICAP 1.000 27-11 / 18-12-2004 8.674.230 UK United Kingdom TNS UK 1.366 26-11 / 19-12-2004 47.685.578 IE Ireland TNS MRBI 1.000 26-11 / 19-12-2004 3.089.775 IT Italy TNS Abacus 1.005 02-12 / 19-12-2004 49.208.000 LU Luxembourg TNS ILReS 510 25-11 / 16-12-2004 367.199 NL The Netherlands TNS NIPO 1.016 22-11 / 15-12-2004 13.242.328 PT Portugal TNS EUROTESTE 1.000 01-12 / 19-12-2004 8.080.915 ES Spain TNS Demoscopia 1.045 24-11 / 18-12-2004 35.882.820 SE Sweden TNS GALLUP 1.009 24-11 / 14-12-2004 7.376.680 CY Rep. Of Cyprus Synovate 500 01-12 / 17-12-2004 552.213 CZ Czech Rep. TNS Aisa 1.120 26-11 / 13-12-2004 8.571.710 EE Estonia Emor 1.000 01-12 / 17-12-2004 887.094 HU Hungary TNS Hungary 1.000 25-11 / 18-12-2004 8.503.379 LV Latvia TNS Baltic Data House 1.000 27-11 / 19-12-2004 1.394.351 LT Lithuania TNS Gallup Lithuania 1.004 27-11 / 15-12-2004 2.803.661 MT Malta MISCO 500 24-11 / 16-12-2004 322.917 PL Poland TNS OBOP 1.000 29-11 / 17-12-2004 31.610.437 SK Slovakia TNS AISA SK 1.307 26-11 / 17-12-2004 4.316.438 SI Slovenia RM PLUS 1.000 29-11 / 19-12-2004 1.663.869

TOTAL 24.999 22-11 / 19-12-2004 366.356.283

For each country a comparison between the sample and the universe was carried out. The Universe description was derived from Eurostat population data or from national statistics offices. For all EU member-countries a national weighting procedure, using marginal and intercellular weighting, was carried out based on this Universe description. As such in all countries, gender, age, region and size of locality were introduced in the iteration procedure. For international weighting (i.e. EU averages), TNS Opinion & Social applies the official population figures as provided by EUROSTAT or national statistic offices. The total population figures for input in this post-weighting procedure are listed above. Readers are reminded that survey results are estimations, the accuracy of which, everything being equal, rests upon the sample size and upon the observed percentage. With samples of about 1,000 interviews, the real percentages vary within the following confidence limits:

Observed percentages

10% or 90% 20% or 80% 30% or 70% 40% or 60% 50%

Confidence limits ± 1.9 points ± 2.5 points ± 2.7 points ± 3.0 points ± 3.1 points

QUESTIONNAIRE

A

B

C

D Interview number

EB62.1 D

our survey number

EB62.1 C

country code

EB62.1 B

your survey number

EB62.1 A

Q1

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,

10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,DK

EB62.1 Q1 MODIFIED

RomaniaOther countries

SloveniaBulgaria

PolandSlovakia

LithuaniaMalta

HungaryLatvia

Czech RepublicEstonia

FinlandCyprus (South)

AustriaSweden

PortugalUnited Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland)

LuxembourgNetherlands

IrelandItaly

SpainFrance

GermanyGreece

BelgiumDenmark

What is your nationality? Please tell me the country(ies) that applies(y).

(MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

ASK ITEM 26 ONLY IN BULGARIA

ASK ITEM 27 ONLY IN ROMANIA

D15a

D15b

EB62.1 D15a D15b

NEVER DID ANY PAID WORK 19 19 Other (unskilled) manual worker, servant 18 18Skilled manual worker 17 17Supervisor 16 16

Employed position, not at a desk, but in a service job (hospital, restaurant, police, fireman, etc.)

15 15

Employed position, not at a desk but travelling (salesmen, driver, etc.)

14 14Employed position, working mainly at a desk 13 13

Middle management, other management (department head, junior manager, teacher, technician)

12 12

General management, director or top management (managing directors, director general, other director)

11 11

Employed professional (employed doctor, lawyer, accountant, architect)

10 10EMPLOYED

Business proprietors, owner (full or partner) of a company 9 9

Owner of a shop, craftsmen, other self-employed person 8 8

Professional (lawyer, medical practitioner, accountant, architect, etc.)

7 7Fisherman 6 6

SELF EMPLOYEDFarmer 5 5

Retired or unable to work through illness 4 4Unemployed or temporarily not working 3 3Student 2 2

NON-ACTIVEResponsible for ordinary shopping and looking after the home, or without any current occupation, not working

1 1

CURRENT OCCUPATION

LAST OCCUPATION

D15a D15b

What is your current occupation?

Did you do any paid work in the past? What was your last occupation?

IF "OTHER" or" DK" IN Q1 THEN CLOSE INTERVIEW

ASK D15b ONLY IF NOT DOING ANY PAID WORK CURRENTLY - CODE 1 TO 4 IN D15a

QB1

1,2,3,4,

5,

6,7,8,9,

10,11,12,

QB2

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,

10,11,12,13,14,DK

EB57.0 Q3 MODIFIED

Protect the welfare of farm animalsNone of these (SPONTANEOUS)

Protect small or medium sized farms Ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

Promote the respect of environment Protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products

Encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activitiesFavour methods of organic production

Favour and improve life in the countrysideReduce development gaps between regions

Make European agriculture more competitive on world marketsHelp farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations

(SHOW CARD - READ OUT - MAX. 3 ANSWERS)

Ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers

EB57.0 Q2

In your opinion, which of the following should be the 3 main priorities of the European Union in terms of agriculture policy?

None of these (SPONTANEOUS)DK

It favours farmers rather than consumers It favours equally farmers and consumers

It ensures that farm animals are well treatedIt favours consumers rather than farmers

It ensures that you have enough information about the geographical area where your food comes fromIt ensures that you have enough information about how the food was produced and processed

It ensures that the food you buy is healthyIt ensures that the food you buy is reasonably priced

It ensures that the food you buy is safe to eatIt ensures that the food you buy is good quality

European Union agricultural policy aims to benefit consumers as well as farmers. With which of the following statements do you agree?

(SHOW CARD - READ OUT - MULTIPLE ANSWERS POSSIBLE)

Thinking now about agriculture

DO NOT ASK QB1 TO QC13 IN BULGARIA AND ROMENIA

QB3

12

3

456

789

1011

12

QB4

123456DK

EB57.0 Q5

a very bad thingNeither good nor bad thing (SPONTANEOUS)

a fairly good thinga fairly bad thing

(SHOW CARD - READ OUT - ONE ANSWER ONLY)

a very good thing

EB57.0 Q4 MODIFIED

The European Union is subsidising agricultural products less and less. However, it is granting more funds for the protection and development of the overall rural economy and for direct support to farmers. Do you think that this development is…?

protect the welfare of farm animals 1 2 3

ensure that agricultural products are healthy and safe

1 2 3protect small or medium sized farms 1 2 3

protect the specificity and taste of European agricultural products

1 2 3promote the respect of environment 1 2 3favour methods of organic production 1 2 3

encourage the diversification of agricultural products and activities

1 2 3reduce development gaps between regions 1 2 3favour and improve life in the countryside 1 2 3

help farmers to adapt their production to consumer’s expectations

1 2 3

make European agriculture more competitive on world markets

1 2 3ensure stable and adequate incomes for farmers 1 2 3

(READ OUT) FAIRLY WELL FAIRLY BADLY DK

And do you think that the European Union’s agricultural policy currently plays its role fairly well or fairly badly to…?

(SHOW CARD)

D1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

D7

123456789

10

D8

(INT.: IF "STILL STUDYING", CODE '00' - IF "NO FULL-TIME EDUCATION", CODE '98' - IF "DK", CODE '99')

EB62.1 D8

EB62.1 D7

How old were you when you stopped full-time education?

Other (SPONTANEOUS)Refusal (SPONTANEOUS)

SeparatedWidowed

Unmarried, having previously lived with a partner, but now on my ownDivorced

Unmarried, currently living with partnerUnmarried, having never lived with a partner

MarriedRemarried

Could you give me the letter which corresponds best to your own current situation?


EB62.1 D1

NO QUESTIONS D2 TO D6

Refusal

DK

(SHOW CARD) - (INT.: DO NOT PROMPT - IF CONTACT HESITATES, TRY AGAIN)

LEFT RIGHT

ASK ALL

In political matters people talk of "the left" and "the right". How would you place your views on this scale?

DEMOGRAPHICS

D10

12

D11

D25

1234

D40a1

EB62.1 D40a MODIFIED

Could you tell me how many people aged 15 to 24 live in your household, yourself included?

(INT.: READ OUT - WRITE DOWN )

EB62.1 D25


large townDK

rural area or villagesmall or middle sized town

Would you say you live in a...?

(READ OUT)

D15a b ASKED AFTER Q1


EB62.1 D11

NO QUESTION D12 TO D14

EB62.1 D10

How old are you?

MaleFemale

NO QUESTION D9

Gender.

D40a2

D40a3

D40b

D40c

D41

123456Refusal (SPONTANEOUS)

EB62.1 D41

in Asia, in Africa or in Latin Americain Northern America, in Japan or in Oceania

in another member country of the European Unionin Europe, but not in a member country of the European Union

SHOW CARD - READ OUT - ONE ANSWER ONLY)

in (OUR COUNTRY)

EB62.1 D40c

You personally, were you born…?

Could you tell me how many children aged 10 to 14 years old live in your household?

(INT.: READ OUT - WRITE DOWN - IF "NONE", PLEASE CODE '00')

(INT.: READ OUT - WRITE DOWN - IF "NONE" PLEASE CODE '00')

EB62.1 D40b

EB62.2 NEW

Could you tell me how many children less than 10 years old live in your household

Could you tell me how many people aged 65 or more live in your household, yourself included?

(INT.: READ OUT - WRITE DOWN )

(INT.: READ OUT - WRITE DOWN)

EB62.2 NEW

Could you tell me how many people aged 25 to 64 live in your household, yourself included?

D42

1

2

345

D43a

D43b

EB62.1 D43a D43b

No 2 2Yes 1 1

Fixed Mobile

Mobile telephone available in the household?

D43a D43b

EB62.1 D42

Fixed telephone available in the household?

At least one of your parents was born outside of the European UnionDK/Refusal (SPONTANEOUS)

One of your parents was born in (OUR COUNTRY) and the other was born in another Member State of the European UnionYour mother and your father were born in another Member State of the European Union


Your mother and your father were born in (OUR COUNTRY)

DO NOT ASK ITEM 4 in BG and RO

Which of these proposals corresponds to your situation?

P1

P2

P3

P4

1234

P5

1234

P6

EB62.1 P6

Size of locality

(LOCAL CODES)

Bad

EB62.1 P5

FairAverage

Respondent cooperation

Excellent

Five or more

EB62.1 P4

ThreeFour

Number of persons present during the interview, including interviewer

Two (interviewer and respondent)

MINUTES

EB62.1 P3

EB62.1 P2

NUMBER OF MINUTES THE INTERVIEW LASTED

(INT.:USE 24 HOUR CLOCK)

HOUR MINUTES

EB62.1 P1

TIME OF THE BEGINNING OF THE INTERVIEW

DATE OF INTERVIEW

DAY MONTH

INTERVIEW PROTOCOLE

P7

P8

P9

P10

P11

P13

123Language 3

EB62.1 P13

Language 1Language 2

ASK ONLY in LU, BE, ES, FI, EE, LV and MT

Language of interview

Weighting factor

EB62.1 P11

Interviewer number

EB62.1 P10

Sample point number

EB62.1 P9

Postal code

EB62.1 P8

(LOCAL CODES)

EB62.1 P7

Region

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