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Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

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Topic: What should the EU do?

Attitudes towards how power and responsibility should be divided between the EU and its member states

How much do you support ‘Lower interest rates for the EU as a whole’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events The economic debate What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


How much do you support ‘Giving EU Authorities for Financial Regulation more power’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events The economic debate What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


Would you support or oppose a single seat to represent the entire EU at the United Nations, instead of individual seats for each member?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


Would you support or oppose making English the official language of the EU to be exclusively used for Union business?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


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?

29 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events What should the EU do?


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