Study title

Assessment of the political and economic situation of the country. Attitude to the European Union. Topics: Judgement on the general development of the country; judgement on the financial development of individual households in the last year and expectations on this for the next year; attitude to the free market economy; judgement on the speed of economic reforms as well as privatization of governmental companies; satisfaction with development of democracy in the country; assessment on the extent of respect of human rights in one´s country; attitude to the goals and activities of the European Union; designation of the country with which the future of one´s own country most likely will be tied; degree of familiarity of the aid programs called PHARE and TACIS for the countries of the former East Bloc; knowledge about the financial backer for the two programs; more advantages for the country or the EU through mutual relations; party preference; national or ethnic origins; native language; knowledge of foreign languages. Except in Russia the following additional question was posed: primarily used source of information about the policies of the EU. The following additional questions were posed in the countries that had signed the European Agreement: attitude regarding membership in the EU and NATO; groups having particular advantage or disadvantage from the tie with the EU. Also encoded was: region; city size; date of interview; time of start of interview; presence of other persons during the survey; willingness of respondent to cooperate.