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Users´ position on political issues (a) Welfare, family and health: Social programmes should be maintained even at the cost of higher taxes; (b) Migration and immigration: Immigration [into your country] should be made more restrictive; acceptance of European values by immigrants; asylum-seekers should be distributed proportionally among EU Member States; (c) Society, religion and culture: the legalisation of same sex marriages is a good thing; the legalisation of the personal use of soft drugs is to be welcomed; Euthanasia should be legalised; (d) Finance and taxes: government spending should be reduced in order to lower taxes; the EU should acquire its own tax raising power; bank and stock market gains should be taxed more heavily; (e) Economy and work: the state should provide stronger financial support to unemployed workers; (f) Environment, transport and energy: renewable sources of energy (e.g. solar or wind energy) should be supported even if this means higher energy costs; The promotion of public transport should be fostered through green taxes (e.g. road taxing); (g) Law and order: restrictions of personal privacy on the Internet should be accepted for public security reasons; Criminals should be punished more severely; (h) Foreign policy: the European Union should strengthen its security and defence policy; on foreign policy issues the EU should speak with one voice; (i) European integration: judgement about European integration; judgement about the single European currency (Euro); individual member states of the EU should have less veto power; EU should rigorously punish Member States that violate the EU deficit rules; in European Parliament elections, EU citizens should be allowed to cast a vote for a party or candidate from any other Member State. Additionally coded: user-ID; country; language, in which the questionnaire was completed; day and time when user started and completed the questionnaire; weighting factors; user´s proximity to party...