Special Eurobarometer 394: Future of Europe

This report presents the results of a Special Eurobarometer survey which was carried out from 17 November to 2 December 2012. This report is divided into four chapters: I. LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 1. ARE EUROPEANS HAPPY? 2. QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 3. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION OF EUROPEANS 4. BELIEF IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM 5. IDEOLOGICAL POINTS OF VIEW II. THE IMAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1. HOW EUROPEAN ARE EUROPEANS? 2. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 3. THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MAIN ASSETS 4. THE EUROPEAN UNION’S VALUES 5. THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION VIS-À-VIS OTHER GLOBAL PLAYERS 6. EUROPEANS AND GLOBALISATION III. THE FUTURE OF EUROPE 1. WHERE SHOULD THE EMPHASIS LIE? 2. THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MAIN CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE 3. WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL FOR EUROPE’S FUTURE? 4. A CALL FOR MORE EUROPEAN UNION DECISION-MAKING? 5. VIEWS OF A TWO-SPEED EUROPE IV. THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 2030 1. QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 1.1. The next generation 1.2. Quality of life in 2030 2. THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN 2030 3. SOLIDARITY VS. INDIVIDUALISM IN 2030 – EXPECTATIONS AND PREFERENCES 4. THE POLITICAL DOMINANCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 2030 #####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)