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Full question: Below are a number of suggestions that have been put forward to make the EU more effective. How strongly, if at all, would you support or oppose the following measures? i) A democratically elected EU president, who is chief executive in the same manner as the President of the United States of America, and directly elected by citizens across Europe

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Do you agree or disagree with the statement ‘I understand how the EU works’?
• Do you agree or disagree with the statement ‘My voice counts in the EU’?
• Do you agree or disagree that the UK should hold a national referendum to decide on its relationship with the EU?
• Which words and phrases describe what the EU means to you?
• Which of these would be best for the UK, regarding the EU?
• If a new treaty to lessen EU integration was blocked by other EU countries, which position should the UK then adopt?
• Should immigration be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should reducing poverty be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should tackling climate change be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should trade links with other countries be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should weights and measures be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should the rise of Asia be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should rights for workers be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should tax rates and national budgets be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should crime and justice be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should agriculture be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should deciding laws on trade unions and strikes be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should diplomatic relations with non-European countries be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should fighting terrorism and international crime be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should the regulation of banks and financial institutions be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should recovering from the recession and financial crisis be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should military action be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Would you support or oppose a democratically elected EU president, who is chief executive in the same manner as the President of the United States of America, and directly elected by citizens across Europe?
• Would you support or oppose the creation of a single European military, with an elected civilian authority that decides when European nations go to war and take military action?
• Would you support or oppose turning the EU into a fully integrated “United States of Europe”, with a central European treasury that strictly enforces common rules on national budgets and government spending for individual countries?
• Would you support or oppose making English the official language of the EU to be exclusively used for Union business?
• Would you support or oppose a single seat to represent the entire EU at the United Nations, instead of individual seats for each member?
• Would you support or oppose an automatic right to leave the EU, if a majority of voting people from that country say they want to do so?
• Who is in the best position to lead Europe out of the current economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘An EU-wide tax on profits made by banks’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘An EU-wide tax on financial trading, including share, bond and currency transactions’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Giving EU Authorities for Financial Regulation more power’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘the enforcement of common tax and spending policies among EU countries, with strict penalties for countries that run up too much debt’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Making it easier for individual EU countries to borrow money from the European Central Bank’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Lower interest rates for the EU as a whole’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Portugal being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Ireland being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Italy being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Spain being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Greece being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support the EU and the IMF managing an orderly break-up of the Eurozone, as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• If one or more Eurozone members left the single-currency zone, would this be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• If the Eurozone survives the economic crisis largely as it is now, do you think this would be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• If major reforms were made that led to greater economic and political integration of the EU, would this be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• Is Europe right or wrong to spend money to try and save the Eurozone?
• Would the UK be right or wrong to spend money to try and save the Eurozone?
• Do you think the ‘Eurobond’ scheme would be a good or bad thing for the UK?