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Questions on European politics and especially the European Election. The data set contains parts of Eurobarometer 40 concentrating on the European Election. The data set is archived in cumulated form over four studies under ZA Study No. 2865. Topics: Among others the following questions were posed: contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy; expected personal as well as general economic development; expected development of general employment situation as well as one´s own occupational situation; personal opinion leadership and frequency of political discussions; frequency of obtaining news from television, radio and newspapers; interest in European politics; advantageousness of EC membership of one´s country; regret of a possible failure of the EC; desired division of responsibility in selected political areas between national government and EC; feeling as European; satisfaction with functioning of democracy in the EC; most important problems of the EC; decision behavior with a referendum about the Treaty of Maastricht; intent to participate in the European Election in June 1994; party preference.