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[q1] How interested are you of issues related to Finland's EU membership?

[q2] How well informed do you feel about such issues? Do you feel...

[q3_1] Views on EU membership: It does not matter whether our laws are passed in the Finnish parliament or in the EU, as long as they are just

[q3_2] Views on EU membership: EU membership fees are far too high when compared with the advantages brought by the membership

[q3_3] Views on EU membership: Although the EU has its problems, it is nevertheless the only power that can lead and control Europe's development

[q3_4] Views on EU membership: Being the neighbour of the unstable Russia, Finland is more secure as a member of the EU than outside the Union

[q3_5] Views on EU membership: Joining EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) was the right decision for Finland

[q3_6] Views on EU membership: If EU makes decisions which have a significant effect on living conditions in member states, they must submitted to a referendum in Finland

[q3_7] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way the Finnish parliament has been dealing with EU matters

[q3_8] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way our current government has been dealing with EU matters

[q3_9] Views on EU membership: I am satisfied with the way the president of Finland has been dealing with EU matters

[q3_10] Views on EU membership: EU funding should be used to subsidize Finland's remote rural areas rather than to support future member countries

[q3_11] Views on EU membership: There is enough reliable information available to everybody about matters related to Finland's EU membership

[q3_12] Views on EU membership: Finland should leave the EU

[q3_13] Views on EU membership: As an EU member Finland will eventually join a military alliance (e.g. NATO)

[q3_14] Views on EU membership: Finland should be capable of ensuring its own security in all circumstances, others cannot help us

[q3_15] Views on EU membership: The EU constitutional treaty should state clearly which issues can be decided nationally and which issues must be decided collectively in the Union

[q3_16] Views on EU membership: It is unnecessary to criticize the EU since it has succeeded well in its main tasks: keeping peace and maintaining prosperity

[q3_17] Views on EU membership: Taxation should be uniform (similar) in EU member states

[q3_18] Views on EU membership: Nowadays, EU takes public opinion into account when deciding how to develop the Union

[q3_19] Views on EU membership: After EU's enlargement to Eastern Europe, Finland's subsidies should remain the same even if it means increasing EU's budget

[q3_20] Views on EU membership: The President of European Commission should be elected through a vote in the European Parliament

[q3_21] Views on EU membership: Finns are quite capable of making decisions on their own, there is no need for anyone else/any union

[q3_22] Views on EU membership: EU is a selfish organization of affluent European countries; it supervises the interests of its members states and lacks any sense of global responsibility

[q3_23] Views on EU membership: I have no idea what Finnish European Parliament members have done or aim to do

[q3_24] Views on EU membership: Finland has been able to influence EU's decision-making

[q3_25] Views on EU membership: In the future, the EU will become a tight federation where nation states no longer have any significance

[q3_26] Views on EU membership: EU keeps on developing and changing and therefore its jurisdiction cannot be finally determined

[q3_27] Views on EU membership: EU decision-making should be based more on majority voting and the veto powers of individual member states should be limited

[q3_28] Views on EU membership: Even though EU enlargement to Eastern Europe will be costly, it is politically and morally necessary

[q3_29] Views on EU membership: Finland has been able to retain its national identity even as an EU member

[q3_30] Views on EU membership: Finland could be represented in the UN by the representative of the EU

[q3_31] Views on EU membership: EU enlargement to the East would eventually lead to EU's disintegration, since a larger (and more complex) Union would be ungovernable

[q3_32] Views on EU membership: If I did not know Finland is an EU member, I would not notice it in my everyday life

[q4_1] As an EU member Finland should: Focus mainly on promoting its national interests

[q4_2] As an EU member Finland should: Focus mainly on issues concerning the whole Union

[q4_3] As an EU member Finland should: Promote good relations between Russia and the EU

[q4_4] As an EU member Finland should: Try to bring EU's common social policy towards the Nordic concept

[q4_5] As an EU member Finland should: Focus on preseving the EU as a loose union

[q4_6] As an EU member Finland should: Focus on changing the EU into a tight federation

[q4_7] As an EU member Finland should: Promote EU enlanrgement to new countries/Eastern Europe

[q4_8] As an EU member Finland should: Especially promote Estonia's EU membership

[q4_9] As an EU member Finland should: Improve international crime prevention

[q4_10] As an EU member Finland should: Actively participate in fighting terrorism

[q4_11] As an EU member Finland should: Promote openness/transparency in the EU

[q4_12] As an EU member Finland should: Promote the introduction of common crisis management forces

[q4_13] As an EU member Finland should: Promote the efficiency of EU's common environmental policy

[q4_14] As an EU member Finland should: Strenghten the influence of small member states in EU decision-making

[q4_15] As an EU member Finland should: Promote common foreign and security policy

[q4_16] As an EU member Finland should: Promote common defence policy

[q4_17] As an EU member Finland should: Promote common employment policy in the EU

[q4_18] As an EU member Finland should: Promote common development co-operation policy

[q4_19] As an EU member Finland should: Protect the viability of Finnish agriculture

[q4_20] As an EU member Finland should: Preserve and increase the vitality of national cultures

[q4_21] As an EU member Finland should: Reduce bureaucracy and complexity of administration in the EU

[q4_22] As an EU member Finland should: Promote gender equality in the Union

[q5_1] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: General living conditions in Finland

[q5_2] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Standard of living and material well-being

[q5_3] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: National economy

[q5_4] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Employment

[q5_5] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Exports and foreign trade

[q5_6] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: General state of enterprises

[q5_7] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Competition in business life

[q5_8] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Interest rate

[q5_9] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Level of taxation

[q5_10] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Wage level

[q5_11] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: General price level

[q5_12] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Prices of food products

[q5_13] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Quality of food products

[q5_14] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Cultural life

[q5_15] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Education

[q5_16] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Science and research

[q5_17] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Social security

[q5_18] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Public health services

[q5_19] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Working environment and working conditions

[q5_20] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Environmental protection

[q5_21] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Disparities in the standard of living between different population groups

[q5_22] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Disparities in the standard of living between different regions

[q5_23] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Citizens' chances to obtain justice/legal protection

[q5_24] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Gender equality/women's status

[q5_25] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: National sovereignty

[q5_26] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finlands security situation

[q5_27] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finland's relations to Russia

[q5_28] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Nordic cooperation

[q5_29] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finland's influence in Europe

[q5_30] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finland's image abroad

[q5_31] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finnish self-respect/self-image/national identity

[q5_32] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finland as a foreign investment target

[q5_33] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Finland's spiritual and intellectual climate

[q5_34] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Society's morals

[q5_35] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: How well democracy works

[q5_36] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Citizens' opportunities to influence decision-making

[q5_37] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Crime rate

[q5_38] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Amount of bureaucracy

[q5_39] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Circumstances of salaried employees

[q5_40] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Circumstances of farmers and their families

[q5_41] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Circumstances of retired persons

[q5_42] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Circumstances of entrepreneurs/self-employed persons

[q5_43] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Circumstances of young people

[q5_44] Impact of Finland's EU membership on: Your own life and circumstances

[q6_1] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: EU's importance in the world economy will increase

[q6_2] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Finland's and other member countries' membership fees will become significantly higher

[q6_3] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will prevent crises or Yugoslavia-type civils wars from happening in Europe

[q6_4] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will isolate Russia from the rest of Europe

[q6_5] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will further complicate EU decision-making

[q6_6] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will increase economic growth and wealth throughout Europe

[q6_7] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will strengthen EU's defence

[q6_8] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Agricultural surpluses will become even larger than at present

[q6_9] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Finnish agriculture will lose its competitiveness

[q6_10] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will turn the EU into a real European Union instead of the current Western European Union

[q6_11] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Eastern European members will become a burden that slows down development in the western EU

[q6_12] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will be a short-term economic liability and will offer considerable advantages later

[q6_13] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will bring a new mobile labour force, also to Finland

[q6_14] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will hinder/slow down integration

[q6_15] Effects of EU enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: Will enrich the cultural life of the EU

[q7_1] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The changeover has been so well prepared that there will be no problems

[q7_2] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: On the whole, Finns have a positive attitude towards the changeover to the euro

[q7_3] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Personally, I feel the changeover to the euro is positive and justified

[q7_4] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The changeover will cause a lot of criticism and dissatisfaction among citizens

[q7_5] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Misunderstandings and (unintentional) mistakes will occur quite often, e.g. when shopping

[q7_6] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: In the beginning, many people will be swindled and cheated

[q7_7] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Especially elderly people will be confused and stressed

[q7_8] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Finns will quickly learn to calculate their wages, taxes and expenses in euros

[q7_9] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: New euro coins and notes are beautiful and will bring a welcome change

[q7_10] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The possibility of prize comparisons between countries will lower prices in Finland

[q7_11] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The national identity will weaken as Finns become emotionally detached from the national currency (mark)

[q7_12] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The euro will tie Finland more tightly to the cultural environment to which it belongs in any case

[q7_13] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The removal of the national currency will mean losing our independence for good

[q7_14] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Travelling and shopping abroad/in the eurozone countries will become more simple

[q7_15] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Common currency will strengthen a sense of unity among EU citizens

[q7_16] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: As an international currency, the euro will become a strong rival to the US dollar

[q7_17] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: EU will have as much influence in the world as the USA

[q7_18] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The introduction of the single European currency will push the EU more towards a federation

[q7_19] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Economic connections (investments, cross-border acquisitions etc) will increase between EU states

[q7_20] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The common currency will lead to a closer coordination of economic policies among EU states

[q7_21] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: EU countries will be divided into insiders and outsiders, which is not good

[q7_22] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: The introduction of the euro will speed up Sweden's and Britain's EMU membership

[q7_23] Views on the euro/changeover to the euro: Finland's influnece in the EU/importance in Europe will increase

[q8_1] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The attacks shocked me deeply

[q8_2] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: My own personal sense of safety was shaken

[q8_3] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: I intend to avoid flying and travelling abroad

[q8_4] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The attacks have significant and far-reaching consequences

[q8_5] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The attacks will not have long-lasting effects

[q8_6] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: EU did the right thing in supporting US actions in the fight against terrorism

[q8_7] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Finland's decision-makers should not have supported US actions

[q8_8] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The world will be divided even further into rich and poor

[q8_9] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: UN influence will increase significantly

[q8_10] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: What happened after the attacks has brought the Western countries and Russia closer

[q8_11] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The polarization between wealthy countries and third world countries will become even more pronounced

[q8_12] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: The reasons behind the attacks are economical rather than religious

[q8_13] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Islam is as peaceful a religion as Christianity

[q8_14] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: No act of force is too harsh in the fight against terrorism

[q8_15] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Use of force will create a vicious circle of retaliation and new terrorist attacks

[q8_16] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Terrorist attacks will be extended to other Western/EU countries

[q8_17] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Terrorism cannot be eliminated unless the causes creating it are removed

[q8_18] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Even though the attacks are unacceptable, I can partly understand the reasons behind them

[q8_19] Views on the terrorist attacks in the USA: Both Finland and the EU as a whole should tighten the immigration policy

[q9_1] Finland should join Nato: In the present situation (regardless of whether other countries join or not

[q9_2] Finland should join Nato: If the Baltic countries join

[q9_3] Finland should join Nato: If Sweden joins

[q9_4] Finland should join Nato: If both Sweden and the Baltic countries join

[q10] In the next few years, should the EU deepen the intergration / enlarge?

[q11] What is your attitude towards Finland's EU membership?

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[bv9] If the parliamentary elections were held now, which party would you vote for?