Special Eurobarometer 325: Attitude of Europeans towards corruption

This Eurobarometer survey was commissioned by the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security and was coordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication. This survey was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network between 11 September and 5 October. This survey covers: ♦ Respondents’ perceptions of corruption in their country ♦ Which levels of government have the biggest problem with corruption ♦ Whether respondents believe there is corruption within EU institutions ♦ Whether the punishments given are a sufficient deterrent to corruption ♦ Which services / sectors of society are perceived to have the most widespread problem with corruption ♦ The causes of corruption ♦ Whether respondents have personally been victims of corruption ♦ Who respondents feel should be responsible for fighting corruption ♦ Who respondents trust to resolve corruption issues The following key variables have also been used in the analysis to gain deeper insight into Europeans’ views on corruption: ♦ Respondents’ views about corruption in their country ♦ Respondents’ views about corruption within local, national and EU institutions ♦ Respondents’ personal experience of corruption in the past year #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)