Would you vote in favour or against Britain joining the euro if it were put to a referendum?
| In favour | 23% |
| Against | 71% |
| Not sure | 6% |
Source: ICM Research / BBC Radio
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 British adults, conducted from Dec. 19 to Dec. 21, 2008. No margin of error was provided.
Croatia’s Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has described Slovenia's move to veto new talks for Zagreb to join the European Union as an action "without precedent."
"Croatia expects... that Slovenia will reconsider its decision," Sanader told journalists in Zagreb.
"If this doesn't happen, the Slovene government will show exclusivism that is not in line with the principles of good neighbourly ties, solidarity and unity," Sanader said, adding that the "blocking of 10 chapters . . . is a move without precedent in the history of the (EU) accession talks."
Balkan Insight
Would you support or oppose Norway’s accession to the European Union (EU)?
| Nov. 2008 | Jan. 2008 | Nov. 2007 | |
| Support | 34.6% | 33.3% | 34.6% |
| Oppose | 53.4% | 54.1% | 53.4% |
| Unsure | 12.0% | 12.6% | 12.0% |
Source: Sentio-Norsk Statistic / Klassekampen
Methodology: Interviews to 1,000 Norwegian citizens, conducted in November 2008. No margin of error was provided.
The first day of the French presidency of the European Union was derailed this morning when the Polish President said that he would refuse to sign the Lisbon Treaty.
Nicolas Sarkozy conceded that Europe was facing deadlock over the treaty when it became clear that many of his main policy proposals were also struggling to gain acceptance.
—Times Online
How would you vote in the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty?
| May 21 | May 7 | Apr. 23 | |
| Yes | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| No | 33% | 28% | 31% |
| Not sure | 26% | 34% | 34% |
Source: Red C / Sunday Business Post
Methodology: Interviews with 1,005 Irish adults, conducted from May 19 to May 21, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
Do you support or oppose Turkey joining the European Union (EU)?
| 2007 | 2006 | |
| Yes | 41.9% | 32.1% |
| Indifferent | 24.0% | 33.0% |
| No | 27.7% | 25.6% |
| Undecided | 6.4% | 9.3% |
Source: A&G Research
Methodology: Interviews with 1,453 Turk adults, conducted on Apr. 5 and Apr. 6, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
Do you support or oppose Austria withdrawing from the European Union (EU)?
| Support | 29% |
| Oppose | 61% |
| No opinion | 10% |
Source: OGM
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 500 Austrian voters, conducted on Mar. 30, 2008. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.
Oops! I mean European Union.
If a referendum on European Union (EU) membership took place today, how would you vote?
In favour of accession
34.6%
Against accession
54.3%
Not sure
11.1%
Source: Opinion / NRK / Aftenposten
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Norwegian voters, conducted in January 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
Do you support or oppose Croatia’s accession into the European Union (EU)?
| Support | 49.8% |
| Oppose | 38.6% |
| No opinion | 12.4% |
Source: Promocija Plus
Methodology: Interviews with 1,300 Croatian adults, conducted on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Which one of the following comes closest to your view?
| We should integrate further with the EU, giving more powers to the EU institutions | 6% |
| We should keep things as they currently stand | 22% |
| We should stay on the EU but take back some powers from EU institutions | 47% |
| We should withdraw from the EU | 21% |
| Don’t know | 4% |
Source: ICM Research / Daily Mail
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 British adults, conducted on Aug. 15 and Aug. 16, 2007. No margin of error was provided.
Do you support or oppose Poland adopting the euro to replace the zloty?
| Support | 36% |
| Oppose | 47% |
| Not sure | 7% |
Source: CBOS
Methodology: Interviews with 903 Polish adults, conducted from Jun. 1 to Jun. 4, 2007. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.
Do you support or oppose Poland being a member of the European Union (EU)?
| Support | 89% |
| Oppose | 5% |
| Not sure | 6% |
Which of these concepts do you prefer for the European Union (EU)?
| A "Union of Sovereign States" | 55% |
| A "United States of Europe" | 22% |
| Not sure | 23% |
Source: CBOS
Methodology: Interviews with 946 Polish adults, conducted from May 11 to May 14, 2007. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.
Do you think that Tony Blair would make a good full-time president of the European Union?"
| | BRI | FRA | ITA | ESP | GER | USA |
| Yes | 20% | 16% | 27% | 17% | 12% | 40% |
| No | 60% | 53% | 46% | 56% | 64% | 20% |
| Not sure | 20% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 24% | 40% |
Do you think that the European Union (EU) should have a permanent president?
| BRI | FRA | ITA | ESP | GER | USA | |
| Yes | 14% | 38% | 34% | 54% | 48% | 11% |
| No | 52% | 44% | 59% | 27% | 35% | 32% |
| Not sure | 34% | 17% | 7% | 18% | 17% | 57% |
Source: Harris Interactive / Financial Times
Methodology: Online interviews with 6,169 adults in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States, conducted from May 31 to Jun. 12, 2007. Margin of error for individual countries is 3 per cent.
Do you think that Croatian membership in the European Union (EU) would be a good thing, a bad thing, or neither good nor bad?
| A good thing | 34% |
| A bad thing | 29% |
| Neither good nor bad | 28% |
| Not sure | 9% |
Source: Gallup
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Croatians, aged 15 and older, conducted in February 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
Should Russia seek membership in the European Union?
| 2007 | 2005 | 2003 | |
| Yes | 36% | 48% | 73% |
| No | 26% | 26% | 10% |
| Undecided | 38% | 26% | 18% |
Source: Public Opinion Foundation
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,500 Russian adults, conducted on Mar. 31 and Apr. 1, 2006. Margin of error is 3.6 per cent.
