Parlemeter 2016 socio-demographic focus : special Eurobarometer of the European Parliament.
Date: 2017-02-06
Institutions: Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services
Subjects: EU Member State, European Parliament, European Union membership, European citizenship, demographic analysis, economic recession, image, information, operation of the Institutions, social analysis, social survey

Parlemeter 2016  

Socio-demographic 
focus 

Special Eurobarometer of 
the European Parliament  

STUDY 
Public Opinion Monitoring Series 
Directorate-General for Communication 

Author: Jacques Nancy, Public Opinion Monitoring Unit 

Published by EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service 

PE  589.762 - November 2016 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
© European Union, 2016.  
For further information : public.opinion.monitoring@europarl.europa.eu 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 5 

I. 

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A.  MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ........... 9 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ....................................................................... 9 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 10 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 12 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 14 
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP .......................................................................................... 17 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 18 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 20 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 22 

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B.  THE VOICE OF EUROPEAN CITIZENS ..........................................................................25 
MY VOICE COUNTS IN THE EU ...................................................................................... 25 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 26 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 30 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 34 
MY VOICE COUNTS IN OUR COUNTRY .......................................................................... 37 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 38 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 42 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 46 

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C.  THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT .................................................................................. 49 
INFORMATION ABOUT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ................................................... 49 
Media recall ................................................................................................................................ 49 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 50 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 54 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 58 
Feeling informed about the European Parliament’s activities ................................................... 61 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 62 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 66 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 69 
IMAGE AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ..................................................... 73 
General image of the European Parliament ............................................................................... 73 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 74 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 78 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 81 
Role of the European Parliament in the future .......................................................................... 85 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 86 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 88 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 90 

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KNOWLEDGE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ............................................................ 93 
How the European Parliament works......................................................................................... 93 
Focus on age ......................................................................................................................... 94 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................... 96 
Focus on occupational groups .............................................................................................. 98 
The decision-making procedure of the European Parliament.................................................. 101 
Focus on age ....................................................................................................................... 102 
Focus on gender .................................................................................................................. 104 
Focus on occupational groups ............................................................................................ 106 

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Age groups 

Gender 

Occupation 

INTRODUCTION 

An analysis of the results in accordance with the gender, age and occupational category of Europeans 
reveals a number of trends. Overall:  

-  The feeling of membership to the EU is more widespread among young Europeans than 
among  older  people.  People  aged  15-24  years  are  also  more  likely  to  consider  that  their 
country has benefited from EU membership, and that their country’s voice counts in the EU; 

-  Men are more likely to remember having recently seen, read or heard something about 
the EP in the media than women. They also feel more informed about the EP’s activities 
and  have  a  better  knowledge  of  the  way  in  which  the  European  Parliament  works  than 
women. Women are more likely to have a neutral image of the EP;  

-  Some variations can be seen between occupational categories: managers are more likely 
to consider that the membership of their country to the EU is a “good thing” and that it has 
benefited  of  membership  than  housepersons  and  manual  workers.  European  Parliament 
conjures up a better image among managers, who also are more knowledgeable about the 
EP  than  other  categories.  Conversely,  manual  workers,  housepersons  and  unemployed 
people feel less informed about the EP’s activities, and are more likely to have a negative 
image about the EP. 

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In detail:  

Membership and benefits of being a member of the EU 

-  More than half of men (54%), women (52%), and respondents aged less than 55 years consider 
that their country’s membership of the EU is “a good thing” (53% at EU level). This opinion 
is also the view of just below 50% of those aged 55+, though also forming a clear majority (49% 
“a good thing”, 19% “a bad thing” and 29% “neither a good thing nor a bad thing”).  

-  The feeling that their country has benefited from being a member of the EU (60% at EU level) 
is predominant in all categories, and is most widespread among men (61%) and respondents 
aged 15-24 years (68%) and 25-39 years (65%).  

-  Majorities of respondents in all occupational categories consider that membership is a good 
thing,  and  that  their  country  has  benefited  from  its membership.  However,  large  variations 
exist between occupational categories, with proportions of “a good thing” ranging from 44% 
for housepersons, to 69% for managers; and from 48% for housepersons to 76% for managers 
for the answer “benefited”. 

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In all categories, the main reason why respondents consider that their country has benefited of 
its membership is that the EU contributes to the economic growth in their country (35% at 
EU level). This opinion is more widespread among men (38%), respondents aged less than 40 
years  (37%)  and  managers  (43%),  than  among  women  (32%),  55+  (34%)  and  housepersons 
(32%). The opinion that the EU contributes to maintaining peace and strengthening security 
is more mentioned by respondents aged 55+ (32%) and managers (33%), while “the EU brings 
[national] people new work opportunities” is more cited by those aged 15-24 years (34%) and 
students (34%). 

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The voice of the European citizens 

-  On the one hand, a majority of respondents in all categories believe that their voice does 
not  count  in  the  EU  (59%  at  EU  level).  While  there  are  few  variations  between  men  and 
women, this feeling is slightly more widespread among respondents aged 40-54 years (60%) 
and  55+  (59%)  than  among  respondents  aged  15-24  years  (54%).  Differences  are  more 
pronounced between the occupational categories: around two-thirds of unemployed people 
(67%) and housepersons (64%) disagree that their voice count in the EU, whereas less than half 
of managers think so (49% “disagree” vs. 48% “agree”).  

-  On the other hand, a majority of respondents think that their voice does count in their country 
(53% at EU level): More than half of men, women, and respondents of the different age groups 
agree that their voice counts in their country. Important differences can be seen between the 
different  occupational  groups:  the  feeling  that  their  voice  counts  in  their  country  is 
predominant among most categories, but ranges from 51% for manual workers and 52% of 
self-employed people up to 66% among managers. However, only minorities of housepersons 
(44%  “agree”  vs.  52%)  and  unemployed  (42%  vs.  56%)  share  the  same  opinion.  Only  few 
variations exist between men and women and the different age groups. 

Information about the European Parliament 

-  Majorities of respondents remember having recently seen, read or heard something about 
the EP in the media (60% at EU level): media recall increases with the age of the respondents, 
from 50% among the 15-24 year-olds, up to 63% among those aged 40 and above. Close to 
two-thirds  of  men  remember  having  recently  encountered  information  about  the  EP  (64%) 
compared with 57% of women.  

While just above half of housepersons (53%), unemployed (53%) and students (54%) remember 
information  about  the  EP,  this  proportion  reaches  64%  for  other  with  collars,  68%  of  self-
employed and 70% of managers. 

-  Majorities of respondents feel “badly informed” about the European Parliament’s activities 
(66% at EU level) in the different categories of gender, age, and occupation: this feeling is more 
widespread among women (69%), young people aged 15-24 years (68%), unemployed (71%) 
and housepersons (75%), than among men (62%), respondents aged 25+ (65%) and managers 
(55%).  

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Image and role of the European Parliament 

-  The EP conjures up a neutral image and should play a more important role than it currently 

does for a majority of respondents in all categories.  

This neutral image (44% at EU level) is more widespread among respondents under 40 (48%), 
women (46%), students (48%) and manual workers (47%). While proportions of positive and 
negative  perceptions  of  the  EP  are  the  same  among  women  (25%  vs.  25%),  negative 
perceptions  outweigh  positive  ones  among  men,  respondents  aged  40+,  manual  workers, 
unemployed, retired, housepersons and self-employed. Conversely, positive perceptions are 
predominant  among  managers  (30%  “positive”  vs.  23%  “negative”)  and  other  white  collars 
(29% vs. 25%). 

-  Majorities of respondents (46% at EU level) would like the EU to play a more important role 
than  it  currently  does  among  men,  women,  the  different  age  groups  and  occupational 
categories. This feeling is more widespread among those aged 15-24 years (52%) and 25-39 
years (50%), than among 55+ (43%).  

Variations are slightly more pronounced between students (56% of answers “more important”) 
and housepersons and retired (both 43%). In all categories analysed, less than a third would like 
the EP to play a role “less important” than it currently does.  

Knowledge of the European Parliament 

-  Majorities of respondents know that MEPs sit in the EP according to their political affinities 
(47%  at  EU  level),  this  opinion  being  predominant  among  men,  women,  the  different  age 
groups and occupational categories. It is more widespread among men (51%), self-employed 
people  (51%)  and  managers  (51%).  The  incorrect  opinion  that  MEPs  sit  according  their 
nationality  is  more  widespread  among  other  white  collars  (42%),  managers  (39%)  and 
respondents aged 25-39 years (38%).  

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In  most  categories,  majorities  of  respondents  consider  that  EP’s  decisions  are  adopted 
“according  to  the  political  affinities  of  the  MEPs”  (43%  at  EU  level):  this  opinion  is  most 
widespread  among  men  (46%),  respondents  aged  40-54  years  (45%),  self-employed  people 
(46%) and managers (45%).  

Other employees are equally divided: 42% think that the European Parliament’s decisions are 
adopted  above  all  “according  to  the  interests  of  the  Member  States  from  which  the  MEPs 
come”, and the same proportion thinks that they are “according to the political affinities of the 
MEPs”.  

As  for  students,  they  are  the  only  category where  a majority  think that  decisions  are  taken 
according to the interests of the Member States (41% vs. 40%).  

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A.  MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 

I.  MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

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II. 

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

Q13 

Taking everything into account, would you say that (OUR COUNTRY) has on balance 
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C.  THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 

1.1. Media recall 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

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Have you recently read in the press, seen on the Internet or on television or heard on 
the radio something about the European Parliament? (%) 

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1.2. Feeling informed about the European Parliament’s activities 

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II. 

IMAGE AND ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 

2.1. General image of the European Parliament 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

Q3 

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Q3 

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Q3 

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2.2. Role of the European Parliament in the future 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

Q4 

Would you personally like to see the European Parliament play a more important or 
less important role than it currently does? (%) 

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a.  European Union results 

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III. 

KNOWLEDGE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 

3.1. How the European Parliament works 

EUROPEAN AVERAGE 

Q5 

And,  in  your opinion,  do  members  of  the  European  Parliament  sit  in  the  European 
Parliament according to…? (%) 

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This 2016 Parlemeter of the European Parliament (EP/EB 86.1) was 
conducted in the 28 Member States of the European Union, from 
24 September until 3 October 2016, by Kantar Public (previously 
TNS opinion). 

This  socio-demographic  focus  aims  at  presenting  the  national 
socio-demographic  details  for  a  selection  of  key  findings  of  this 
survey:  the  feeling  of  membership  to  the  EU,  the  voice  of  the 
European  citizens, 
information  and  knowledge  about  the 
European Parliament, its image and role. 

This is a publication of the 
Public Opinion Monitoring Unit 
Directorate-General for Communication, European Parliament 

PE 589.762 
ISBN 978-92-846-0203-2 
doi 10.2861/362012 
QA-04-16-952-EN-N 

The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the author and any opinions expressed therein do not 
necessarily represent the official position of the European Parliament. It is addressed to the Members and staff of the EP 
for their parliamentary work. 
© European Union 2016 

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