On the track to EU membership  

In October 2001, the European Commission launched a parallel series of surveys in the 13 countries that at this time were applying for European Union membership, the 13 Candidate (initially Applicant) Countries: Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey.

A pilot survey was conducted in Winter 1999/2000. Until the EU enlargement in 2004 representative national samples (n=1000) were drawn up to five times a year and interviewed face-to-face in the respective national languages.

Unlike former Central and Eastern Eurobarometer, the Candidate Countries Eurobarometer included selected trend questions and topical modules, which were to a large extent comparable to the Standard series.

• The main survey results are published by the European Commission in official survey reports.

The archive products

The data received from the principal investigator are checked and formatted in accordance with archival standards.

• The data are comprehensively documented on study and variable level  and completely published for online retrieval and data access via ZACAT.
• The complete collection of in total 11 studies is available on CD-ROM.