Eurobarometer 26 (Nov 1986)

This Eurobarometer contains the following main survey focus: 1. General attitudes to political and social questions 2. Attitudes to Europe 3. Use of various means of transport and traffic regulations in Europe 4. Judgement on energy problems Topics: 1. Political and social attitudes: general prospects for the next year; expected increase or decrease in strikes; prospects for peace; danger of world war (scale); judgement on the general economic situation of the country and of one´s own financial situation; general contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy in the country; personal opinion leadership; frequency of political discussions; contact with representatives in parliament; postmaterialism; frequency of watching news broadcasts on television, reading news in daily newspapers and listening to information broadcasts on the radio; most important areas of interest; national pride; feeling of of being exploited by the powerful and being excluded; government does not concern itself with the ordinary people and the rich become richer; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; attitude to social change; support of nature protection associations, ecology, anti-nuclear power and peace movements; party allegiance; general feeling of happiness; preference for living in the country or in the city. 2. Attitudes to Europe: feeling of being a citizen of Europe; assessment of the development of harmony among the member countries; attitude to unification of Western Europe; interest in problems of the European Community and assessment of their significance; attitude to appearance of the national team under the European and national flag at the Olympic Games; attitude to free selection of place of residence within the EC; attitude to the right to vote in municipal elections for EC citizens; positive or negative impression from the last media publications about the European Parliament; the significance of the role played by the European Parliament at the moment and that it should have in the future; contacts with a .