Flash Eurobarometer 142 (Convention on the future of Europe)

Convention on the Future of Europe.Topics: awareness of the Convention on the Future of Europe; kind of text of the Convention: declaration, directive, charter, draft Constitutional Treaty; interest in the Convention: read summary, read draft in detail, not read draft, already read draft; satisfaction with the work of the Convention on the Future of Europe; attitude towards selected measures aimed at reforming the current functioning of the European Union: Constitution for the EU, single Minister of Foreign Affairs for the EU, single President of the European Council, vote of the European Parliament on every decision concerning the future of the EU; attitude towards a referendum on the draft of the European Constitution; knowledge test on the final document of the Convention on the Future of Europe: will automatically become future European Constitution, will be discussed by Heads of State and possibly modified, will be subject to vote by national parliaments, will be subject to a referendum in each member state; attitude towards the Convention on the Future of Europe: should be adopted as it is by Heads of State or government leaders, should be partially modified by Heads of State or government leaders, should be radically modified by Heads of State or government leaders, should be rejected in order to keep current treaties in force. Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; region; type of community. Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; interviewer ID; weighting factor.Europäischer Konvent.Themen: Kenntnis des Europäischen Konvents unter dem Vorsitz von Valery Giscard d´Estaing; Kenntnis des Arbeitsergebnisses des Konvents; Interesse am erarbeiteten Entwurf einer europäischen Verfassung; Zufriedenheit mit den Ergebnissen der Arbeit des Konvents; Einstellung zu ausgewählten Reformanstrengungen der EU: Einführung einer europäischen Verfassung, eines europäischen Außenministers, eines Präsidenten des Europäischen Rats sowie mehr Mitbestimmungsmöglichkeiten für das Europaparlament; Einstellung zu einem Referendum zur Einführung der europäischen Verfassung; Kenntnisse über das weitere Verfahren mit dem Entwurf der europäischen Verfassung; präferiertes Vorgehen zur Inkraftsetzung der europäischen Verfassung. Demographie: Geschlecht; Alter; Alter bei Beendigung der Ausbildung; Beruf; berufliche Stellung; Region; Urbanisierungsgrad. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Befragten-ID; Land; Interviewer-ID; Gewichtungsfaktor