Study title
The Young Generation and European Unification
Creator
Weidenfeld, Werner (Institut für Politikwissenchaft, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz)
Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit, Bonn
Study number / PID
ZA2001, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)
Data access
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Abstract
Attitudes of young people to Europe. Interest in European
get-togethers.
Topics: Free association with Europe and supported associations with
the European Community; knowledge about the countries geographically
belonging to Europe; most important political problems (issue
relevance); attitude to a united Europe (scale); assessment of the
future development of united Europe; information on stays abroad in
other European countries; contacts with people in other European
countries; situations and forms of get-together; feeling of belonging
to Europe; perceived things in common in contacts with Europeans;
identification as European; level of information regarding Europe;
significance of European symbols; necessity of a European currency;
regret of failure of European unification; preference for national or
European solution of selected political controversies; assessment of
the impact on the Federal Republic, Europe or the entire world from
these problems; desire for more influence of Europe in the world;
attitude to support of poorer EC countries, even at disadvantage for
the Federal Republic; preferred countries for organized get-togethers
with young people; desired composition and preferred language at such
get-togethers; assessment of the development of general friendship
between the EC countries; influence of decisions of other EC countries
on one´s own country; interest in private and occupational stays
abroad; general interest in European neighboring countries; interest in
politics; party preference; assessment of the importance of decisions
at municipal level, state parliament level, Federal Parliament level,
the level of the European Parliament and the United Nations; political
participation; sources of information about Europe; interest in
selected political topics; source of information about events in Europe
or European politics.