European Communities Study 1973, Eurobarometer 3
Are you, yourself, for or against the Common Market developing into a political European Union? (IF FOR OR AGAINST) How strongly do you feel about it? (4-point-scale)
Eurobarometer 4, 5
There is a proposal to create a European Political Union amongst the member countries of the Community by 1980 with a European Government which would decide on mayor issues and a European Parliament to monitor its activities. Do you approve or disapprove this plan for a European Political Union? (4-point-scale)
Eurobarometer 20, 21, 23 (for details of question wording and answer categories see respective footnotes)
The members of the European Parliament who will be elected in 1984 should, as a main aim, work ... (the European Parliament has proposed that the member countries of the European Community should work ...) towards a Political Union ... with a European Government ... responsible to the European Parliament.
Eurobarometer 28, 29, 30, 31, 41.1, 42, 43.1 (included in the Eurobarometer trend file)
Are you for or against the formation, for the European Union, of a European Government responsible to the European Parliament? (for / against)
Eurobarometer 32, 33, 34.0, 35.0, 36, 37.0, 38.0, 39.0, 40, 41.0 (included in the Eurobarometer trend file)
Are you for or against the formation of a European Union with a European Government responsible to the European Parliament? (for / against)
Eurobarometer 38.1, 44.1, 44.2 bis 46.0
(What is your opinion on each of the following proposals?) The formation, for the European Union, of a European Government responsible to the European Parliament? (for / against)
Eurobarometer 60.1 ff. (up to 66)
Are you, yourself, for or against the development towards a European political Union? (for / against)
Eurobaromter 22, 24, 41.1, 81.2
Some people talk of the idea of forming a "United States of Europe"
putting together the Member States of the (European Community) EU. This means a kind of political union like there is between the (fifty) states of the USA or the (ten) provinces that form Canada. Does this idea of forming a "United States of Europe" someday, including (OUR COUNTRY), seem a good or a bad idea to you?
(EB 41.1: Some people think that it would be a very good idea if the European Union developed into a United States of Europe. Others think it would be a very bad idea. Where would YOU place YOURSELF on this new [10-point] scale?)
| ZA Study Number | Eurobarometer | Fieldwork Month | Fieldwork Year | Question Number | Variable Name (1) |
| 0628 | ECS73 | 9-10 | 1973 | Q.69 (2) | V65 |
| 0987 | 3 | 5 | 1975 | Q.39 (2) | V38 |
| 0988 | 4 | 10 | 1975 | Q.34 (3) | V32 |
| 0989 | 5 | 5-6 | 1976 | Q.135 (3) | V28 |
| 1319 | 20 | 9-10 | 1983 | Q.253 (4) | V430 |
| 1320 | 21 | 3-4 | 1984 | Q.354 (4) | V218 |
| 1321 | 22 | 10-11 | 1984 | Q.253 | V158 |
| 1541 | 23 | 3-4 | 1985 | Q.246 (5) | V117 |
| 1542 | 24 | 10-11 | 1985 | Q.244 | V54 |
| 1713 | 28 | 10-11 | 1987 | Q.346 | V434 |
| 1714 | 29 | 3-4 | 1988 | Q.350 | V386 |
| 1715 | 30 | 10-11 | 1988 | Q.446 (6) | V567 |
| 1750 | 31 | 3-4 | 1989 | Q.439 (6) | V424 |
| 1752 | 32 | 10-11 | 1989 | Q.42 (A) | V92 |
| 1753 | 33 | 3-4 | 1990 | Q.53 | V160 |
| 1960 | 34.0 | 10-11 | 1990 | Q.58 | V158 |
| 2031 | 35.0 | 3 | 1991 | Q.35 | V73 |
| 2081 | 36 | 10-11 | 1991 | Q.27 | V87 |
| 2141 | 37.0 | 3-4 | 1992 | Q.53 | V383 |
| 2294 | 38.0 | 9-10 | 1992 | Q.21 | V187 |
| 2295 | 38.1 | 11 | 1992 | Q.19h (7) | V43 |
| 2346 | 39.0 | 3-4 | 1993 | Q.21 | V109 |
| 2459 | 40 | 10-11 | 1993 | Q.34 | V69 |
| 2490 | 41.0 | 4-5 | 1994 | Q.23 | V65 |
| 2491 | 41.1 | 6-7 | 1994 | Q.28 | V88 |
| 2491 | 41.1 | 6-7 | 1994 | Q.38a | V113 |
| 2563 | 42 | 11-12 | 1994 | Q.32 | V90 |
| 2637 | 43.1 | 4-5 | 1995 | Q.27 | V235 |
| 2690 | 44.1 | 11-12 | 1995 | Q.30d (8) | V326 |
| 2828 | 44.2bis | 2 | 1996 | Q.31d | V423 |
| 2898 | 46.0 | 10-11 | 1996 | Q.12d | V55 |
| 3938 | 60.1 | 10-11 | 2003 | Q.13 | |
| 4229 | 62.0 | 10-11 | 2004 | Q.14 | |
| 4411 | 63.4 | 5-6 | 2005 | QA11 | |
| 4414 | 64.2 | 10-11 | 2005 | QA12 | |
| 4526 | 66.1 | 9-10 | 2006 | QA11 | |
| 5913 | 81.2 | 6 | 2014 | QA14 |
(1) Please note that the variable names refer to the final ICPSR/ZA codebook editions, if available.
(2) 4-point-scale: completely favour / favour on the whole / disagree in general / disagree completely
(3) 4-point-scale: totally approve / approve on the whole / disapprove on the whole / totally disapprove
(4) Different question wording: (EB 21: Some people say:) The members of the European Parliament who will be elected in 1984 should, as a main aim, work towards a Political Union of the member countries of the Community with a European Government responsible to the European Parliament. (EB 21: Do you have an opinion on that point, and if yes, are you for (very much or to some extent) or against (to some extent or very much))? EB 20: Tend to agree / tend to disagree; EB 21: 5-point-scale: very much for / to some extent for / indifferent / to some extent against / very much against; with additional category: does not have an opinion.
(5) Different question wording: The European Parliament has proposed that the member countries of the European Community should work together to form a European Political Union. This means that some kind of European Government would deal with important problems of common interest and would be responsible to the European Parliament. Have you already got an opinion on this subject, and if so, are you very much for, rather for, rather against this project of a European Political Union? 5-point-scale: very much for / somewhat for / indifferent / somewhat against / very much against; with additional category: has not formed an opinion.
(6) Are you for or against the formation of a European Government responsible to the European Parliament?
(7) Slightly varied question with different item wording: The European Community should have a European Government responsible to the European Parliament and to the European Council of Heads of national government?
(8) Different SPLIT A question wording: The European Union should have a European Government responsible to the European Parliament and to the European Council of Heads of State and government?