Ipsos European Pulse: Majority of Citizens in 12 EU Countries are Not Interested in the Upcoming European Elections

Ipsos European Pulse May 2014

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Contents

1) Slide 4- Views of European leaders

2) Slide 13- European elections

3) Slide 20- Views of European Commission President candidates

4) Slide 22- Country perceptions: friendliest people, highest quality of life and

which country you would like yours to be more like


Methodology

Source: Ipsos Social Research Institute

Respondents from 12 European countries were surveyed from April 1st to

April 25th, 2014 and included interviews in Belgium (500), Croatia (500)

France (1000), Germany (1001), Great Britain (1000), Hungary (500), Ireland

(500), Italy (1000), Netherlands (832) Poland (500), Spain (1000) and

Sweden (500). Those interviewed were respondents from the Ipsos Online

panel group for each country with the exception of Croatia where interviews

were conducted by telephone. Results were weighted to approximate the

general population of each country surveyed. Overall figures quoted are an

average across the twelve countries (i.e. treating each country as equal). The

credibility interval margin for a sample size of 500 is +/- 5.0% 19 times out of

20 and for 1,000 is +/-3.5% 19 times out of 20.


European elections



Are you interested in the upcoming European elections?

Levels of interest in the European elections

Source: Ipsos Social Research Institute Base: 8,833 adults age 16-64 across Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland,

Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014

38% Very much/

fairly

62% Not so much/

not at all


Are you interested in the upcoming European elections?

Levels of interest in the European elections by country



10

8

12

17

13

12

8

10

11

9

7

6

4

28

40

35

29

27

27

30

27

26

24

26

26

16

40

35

32

37

43

35

39

30

48

44

33

43

57

22

17

21

17

17

26

23

33

15

23

34

25

23

Average

Poland

France

Italy

Hungary

Great Britain

Ireland

Belgium

Germany

Spain

Croatia

Sweden

Netherlands

% Very much

% Fairly

% Not so much

% Not at all


How likely are you to vote in the upcoming European elections?

Likelihood of voting in the European elections



Definitely & probably Probably not/ definitely not

35% 35%

30%

Definitely

Probably


How likely are you to vote in the upcoming European elections?

Likelihood of voting in the European elections



35

53

44

39

41

37

30

38

30

20

37

33

27

30

25

29

32

30

32

36

28

31

40

23

27

29

20

9

16

19

12

19

23

22

24

25

30

17

27

15

13

11

10

17

12

11

12

15

15

10

23

17

Average

Belgium

France

Italy

Netherlands

Germany

Ireland

Hungary

Spain

Poland

Sweden

Croatia

Great Britain

% Definitely

% Probably

% Probably not

% Definitely not


What kind of influence do you expect the outcome of the European

elections will have on the political life of your country?

The influence of the European election outcome



37% A strong/ weak

positive one

26% A strong/ weak

negative one

% saying ‘no specific influence’: 37%


What kind of influence do you expect the outcome of the European elections will have on the political life of your

country?

The influence of the European elections’ outcome



8

17

6

14

12

7

10

7

2

9

7

7

5

29

29

37

27

27

32

28

30

34

25

25

24

26

37

30

34

27

41

52

36

42

27

40

37

35

36

14

13

15

16

10

5

14

11

25

12

17

15

14

12

11

8

16

10

4

12

10

12

14

14

19

19

Average

Spain

Germany

Italy

Hungary

Croatia

Ireland

Poland

Sweden

Belgium

Great Britain

France

Netherlands

% A strong andpositive one

% A weak andpositive one

% No specificinfluence

% A weak andnegative one

% A strong andnegative one


Views of European leaders



What is your opinion of the following leaders?

Views of European leaders- % Know the leaders


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Leaders’ own countries were excluded.

Croatian respondents were asked Merkel, Cameron, Hollande, Renzi and Rajoy

86

76

72

47

40

36

35

35

34

33

33

31

31

Angela Merkel

David Cameron

François Hollande

Matteo Renzi

Mariano Rajoy

Mark Rutte

Fredrik Reinfeldt

Elio Di Rupo

Viktor Orbán

Zoran Milanovic

Enda Kenny

Donald Tusk

Bohulsav Sobotka



Views of European leaders- Summary


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Leaders’ own countries were excluded.

Croatian respondents were asked Merkel, Cameron, Hollande, Renzi and Rajoy

15

4

4

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

2

1

36

31

15

18

13

12

14

11

11

7

7

6

6

14

24

65

28

64

65

53

67

60

69

69

66

67

15

21

13

20

15

14

19

15

15

15

14

13

15

12

15

2

21

4

5

9

4

9

5

6

6

7

8

5

1

11

2

2

3

1

4

3

3

7

4

Angela Merkel

David Cameron

Fredrik Reinfeldt

François Hollande

Mark Rutte

Elio Di Rupo

Matteo Renzi

Enda Kenny

Mariano Rajoy

Bohulsav Sobotka

Donald Tusk

Viktor Orbán

Zoran Milanovic

% Very positive

% Fairly positive

% Do not know thisleader

% Know the leader buthave no opinion

% Fairly negative

% Very negative



Views of European leaders- Angela Merkel

51% Positive

19% Negative


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Germany.



Views of European leaders by country- Angela Merkel


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Germany.

15

35

18

15

20

9

13

14

11

16

11

6

36

46

42

43

33

43

37

33

36

29

32

22

15

2

12

15

20

11

14

10

25

20

21

10

14

5

13

20

17

19

17

11

14

9

24

11

12

7

11

4

6

14

13

18

10

14

8

25

8

5

4

3

4

4

6

14

4

12

4

26

Average

Croatia

Poland

Netherlands

Hungary

France

Belgium

Italy

Great Britain

Ireland

Sweden

Spain

Germany

% Very positive

% Fairly positive


% Know the leaderbut have no opinion

% Fairly negative

% Very negative



Views of European leaders- David Cameron


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Great Britain.

35% Positive

20% Negative



Views of European leaders by country- David Cameron


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Great Britain.

4

5

8

5

6

6

4

2

2

2

1

2

31

47

39

37

29

27

28

31

30

28

24

19

24

18

20

14

37

19

18

18

27

24

25

37

21

13

20

13

20

20

23

27

27

24

26

24

15

14

10

18

6

20

19

17

12

17

18

12

5

3

3

13

2

8

8

5

2

5

6

6

Average

Croatia

Italy

Ireland

Hungary

Poland

Spain

France

Netherlands

Belgium

Germany

Sweden

% Very positive

% Fairly positive



% Fairly negative

% Very negative



Views of European leaders- François Hollande


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in France.

20% Positive

32% Negative



Views of European leaders by country- François Hollande


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in France.

2

6

2

3

2

2

3

1

1

1

1

1

18

39

23

22

22

20

15

16

13

11

11

9

29

19

17

34

18

32

53

43

24

33

25

12

19

17

18

19

21

15

18

22

22

19

25

18

21

12

29

15

25

20

7

14

28

22

30

34

11

7

11

7

12

11

4

4

12

14

8

26

Average

Croatia

Italy

Poland

Spain

Ireland

Hungary

Sweden

Germany

Great Britain

Netherlands

Belgium

France

% Very positive

% Fairly positive



% Fairly negative

% Very negative


Views of European Commission

President candidates



What is your opinion of the following candidates as Presidents of the European Commission?

Opinions of EU Commission President candidates-

% Know the candidate


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Croatia

53

40

39

39

37

31

31

Marine Le Pen(EAF)

Martin Schulz(PES)

Jean-ClaudeJuncker (EPP)

José Bové(Greens)

Guy Verhofstadt(ALDE)

Ska Keller(Greens)

Alexis Tsipras(EL)


What is your opinion of the following candidates as Presidents of the European Commission?

Opinions of EU Commission President candidates-

Summary


Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden, April 1° -25° 2014. Question not asked in Croatia

3

2

2

3

2

1

1

12

11

11

9

10

8

7

62

62

61

47

62

70

69

13

13

13

13

12

10

10

6

7

8

9

8

6

7

4

5

5

19

6

5

6

Martin Schulz(PES)

Guy Verhofstadt(ALDE)

Jean-ClaudeJuncker (EPP)

Marine Le Pen(EAF)

José Bové(Greens)

Ska Keller(Greens)

Alexis Tsipras(EL)

% Very positive

% Fairly positive

% Do not knowthis leader

% Know theleader but haveno opinion

% Fairlynegative

% Very negative

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