The Future Of Europe

• MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 1,025 adults aged 18+ at 65 constituency sampling points across Britain on 27-29 November 1996.
• Interviews were conducted face-to-face, in street.
• Data were weighted to match the population profile.
• The survey was conducted on behalf of The European newspaper.

Q Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the government is running the country?Q And are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the European Union (that is, what used to be called the European Community or Common Market), is being run?

Q Thinking now about whether or not there should be a referendum on Britain's future relationship with the European Union (Common Market), which of the following comes closest to your view?

Q If there were a referendum now on whether Britain should stay in or get out of the European Community (Common Market), how would you vote?

Q And if there were a referendum now on whether Britain should be part of a single European currency, how would you vote?

Q A number of ideas are being considered which it is said will benefit the citizens of the European Union (Common Market). How strongly do you support or oppose the idea that...?

Q I am now going to read out a list of policy areas. Some people feel that these are policy areas that should be dealt with by the European Union (Common Market), while others feel they should be left to national government. For each one I read out, could you tell me whether you feel it should be treated primarily at EU level, primarily at national level or whether you feel it should be dealt with at both national and EU levels?

Q As you may know, the European Union has recently decided that most British workers should not have to work more than 48 hours a week, on average, unless they wish to do so, and should have the right to at least 3 weeks' paid holiday a year. On balance, do you think British workers should or should not have these rights?

Q Regardless of whether you support or oppose these changes in general, do you think that the European Union should or should not have the right to impose this rule on Britain as a health and safety measure, bearing in mind that Britain's opt-out from the Social Chapter means that the EU cannot normally regulate working conditions in Britain?

Q Thinking now about how decisions are made about Britain's future role in Europe, which of the following comes closest to your view about how these issues are dealt with in the House of Commons?

Q Which of these - Europe, the Commonwealth, or America - is the most important to Britain?

Q Which country do you think is Britain's most reliable political ally within the European Union?Q And which country do you think is Britain's least reliable political ally within the European Union?Q If you could not live in Britain, which European Union country would you choose to live in instead?