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[q1] How interested are you in issues pertaining to Finland's EU membership?

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

[q3_1] Being the neighbour of the unstable Russia, Finland is more secure as a member of the EU than outside the Union

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

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

[q3_4] EU funding should be used to subsidize Finland's remote rural areas rather than to support future member countries

[q3_5] Joining EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) was the right decision for Finland

[q3_6] There is enough reliable information available to everybody about matters related to Finland's EU membership

[q3_7] Finland should leave the EU

[q3_8] In order for Finland to succeed, it has to participate in global cooperation and trade, EU membership alone is not enough

[q3_9] Finland should be capable of ensuring its own security in all circumstances, others cannot help us

[q3_10] Even though EU enlargement to Eastern Europe will be costly, it is politically and morally necessary

[q3_11] The USA acts correctly in world politics and deserves the support of the Finns

[q3_12] I have no idea what the Finnish members of the European Parliament have done or aim to do

[q3_13] Finland has been able to influence EU's decision-making

[q3_14] Finland has been able to retain its national identity even as an EU member

[q3_15] The Swedes were wise to vote 'no' to the Euro and EMU

[q3_16] If I did not know Finland is an EU member, I would not notice it in my everyday life

[q3_17] The European Parliament is just a debating club which has no real influence on the decision-making in the EU

[q3_18] In future, the role of the European Parliamentary elections will grow and they will bceome a significant part of our political system

[q3_19] The EU should work more efficiently at improving European competitiveness, because otherwise new jobs will be created in America and Asia

[q3_20] Finland should join Nato

[q3_21] Finnish policy-makers are too concentrated on international issues and forget domestic problems

[q3_22] EU's development into a federation would increase the power of public authority and decrease an individual's power of decision-making

[q3_23] Being the neighbour of the unstable Russia, it'd be better for Finland to be a member of Nato rather than remaining unallied

[q3_24] I wouldn't support Finland's Nato membership even if the government favoured it

[q3_25] A common defence policy for the EU is an utopian plan, because without the USA it has no real military power

[q3_26] By joining the EU Finland has increased its operational opportunities both in the East and the West

[q3_27] EU should not take any new members for a long time after the ten new members join the Union in the spring of 2004

[q3_28] EU membership has caused unreasonable problems for Finnish agriculture

[q3_29] Globalisation of international economy will increase global welfare

[q3_30] EU should become a strong counterbalance to the USA in world economy and politics

[q3_31] Unless EU countries thoroughly renew themselves, they will become museums of outdated economic and political structures

[q3_32] Globalisation means that Finland will lose an increasing amount of jobs to so-called cheap labour countries

[q4_1] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The EU should become a tight federation

[q4_2] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The EU should be kept as loose a coalition as possible

[q4_3] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Common social policy should be created for the EU

[q4_4] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Common foreign policy should be created for the EU

[q4_5] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Common defence policy should be created for the EU

[q4_6] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Taxation should be decided on by majority voting

[q4_7] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The EU shoud be more open and transparent

[q4_8] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: European Parliament should enact the laws of the EU

[q4_9] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The Commission President should be elected by the European Parliament

[q4_10] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The European Commission should become a government which enjoys the confidence of the Parliament

[q4_11] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Individual Member States' right to veto should be removed

[q4_12] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Decision-making power should ultimately belong to national governments

[q4_13] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Boundaries between the EU and national governments should be well-defined

[q4_14] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Every Member State should have its own Commissioner

[q4_15] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: EU's rotating presidency should not be abolished

[q4_16] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The EU should have an elected president with adequate powers

[q4_17] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: Distribution of power between large and small countries shouldn't be changed

[q4_18] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: EU's structure and activities should be simplified and clarified

[q4_19] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: The EU constitutional treaty should be decided on by a referendum

[q4_20] Proposals and views connected with the EU constitutional treaty: There is enough reliable information on the draft constitutional treaty

[q5_1] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The EU will be dissolved

[q5_2] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The Euro will be abolished and national currencies reintroduced

[q5_3] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years:: All Member States will change over to the Euro

[q5_4] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The EU will become a federation

[q5_5] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Finland will leave the EU

[q5_6] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Employment conditions are negotiated at EU level

[q5_7] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The EU will have a common representative in the UN

[q5_8] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: A Finn will be elected the Commission President

[q5_9] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Nordic cooperation becomes meaningless

[q5_10] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The number of foreigners in Finland multiplies

[q5_11] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: A new great war breaks out in Europe

[q5_12] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: International terrorism reaches Finland

[q5_13] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Finland joins a military alliance

[q5_14] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Russia becomes Finland's most important trading partner

[q5_15] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Finland will maintain its competitive edge

[q5_16] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: China will become an economic and political power

[q5_17] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: There will be free world trade in services and agricultural produce

[q5_18] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: International crime will become a serious problem in Finland

[q5_19] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Conflicts between nationalities will increase in Europe

[q5_20] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Many developing countries will rise out of poverty

[q5_21] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: Political and economic co-operation between Europe and the USA will diminsh considerably

[q5_22] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: UN's influence will increase considerably

[q5_23] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: The USA will lose its leading position in the world

[q5_24] What is the likelihood of this happening in the next 10 years: International environmental treaties and regulations will become substantially stricter

[q6_1] How desirable do you consider that: The EU will dissolve

[q6_2] How desirable do you consider that: The Euro will be abolished and national currencies reintroduced

[q6_3] How desirable do you consider that: All Member States change over to the Euro

[q6_4] How desirable do you consider that: The EU will become a federation

[q6_5] How desirable do you consider that: Finland will leave the EU

[q6_6] How desirable do you consider that: Employment conditions are negotiated at EU level

[q6_7] How desirable do you consider that: The EU will have a common representative in the UN

[q6_8] How desirable do you consider that: A Finn will be elected the Commission President

[q6_9] How desirable do you consider that: Nordic cooperation becomes meaningless

[q6_10] How desirable do you consider that: The number of foreigners in Finland multiplies

[q6_11] How desirable do you consider that: Finland joins a military alliance

[q6_12] How desirable do you consider that: Russia becomes Finland's most important trading partner

[q6_13] How desirable do you consider that: China will become an economic and political power

[q6_14] How desirable do you consider that: World trade will be liberalised also on the part of agriculture and services

[q6_15] How desirable do you consider that: Political and economic co-operation between Europe and the USA will diminish considerably

[q6_16] How desirable do you consider that: UN's influence will increase considerably

[q6_17] How desirable do you consider that: The USA will lose its leading position in the world

[q6_18] How desirable do you consider that: International environmental treaties and regulations will become substantially stricter

[q7_1] Views on Nato membership: Finland's defence expenditure would increase considerably as a consequence of joining the Nato

[q7_2] Views on Nato membership: As long as Russia is not a member, Finland should not be either

[q7_3] Views on Nato membership: Membership would increase Finland's external safety

[q7_4] Views on Nato membership: Membership would oblige Finns to participate in wars worldwide

[q7_5] Views on Nato membership: Soldiers and armament of other member states would be stationed in Finland

[q7_6] Views on Nato membership: Finland would have to give up its conscript army and regional defence system

[q7_7] Views on Nato membership: If Sweden joins the Nato, Finland should too

[q7_8] Views on Nato membership: Membership might have unpredictable consequences, considerable new threats

[q7_9] Views on Nato membership: The Baltic States' membership expedites Finland's membership

[q7_10] Views on Nato membership: The militant nature of USA's current politics distances Finns further away from the Nato

[q7_11] Views on Nato membership: As a member, Finland would obtain more power and would be able to influence Nato's decision-making

[q7_12] Views on Nato membership: Finland's position and importance in the EU would strengthen

[q7_13] Views on Nato membership: The fight against terrorism requires Nato, the UN cannot do it by itself

[q7_14] Views on Nato membership: History has proven that traditional neutrality is the best policy for Finland

[q7_15] Views on Nato membership: There should be a referendum on Nato membership

[q7_16] Views on Nato membership: Finland shouldn't join Nato, because the alliance will dissolve soon anyway

[q7_17] Views on Nato membership: Since Nato is an alliance of western democracies, people shouldn't be afraid of it

[q7_18] Views on Nato membership: Nato is just a puppet of the USA, so Finland should not join it

[q7_19] Views on Nato membership: Nato's security guarantees are not plausible, because each member state decides on their assistance independently

[q8_1] Attitude to international politics and economy: Liberalisation of the world trade would benefit both rich and poor countries

[q8_2] Attitude to international politics and economy: WTO (World Trade Organization)looks after the interests of rich countries only

[q8_3] Attitude to international politics and economy: International trade of services should also be liberalised

[q8_4] Attitude to international politics and economy: Liberalisation of international investments would benefit all the countries

[q8_5] Attitude to international politics and economy: The UN has lost its ability to control international politics

[q8_6] Attitude to international politics and economy: The UN should be made a real world government

[q8_7] Attitude to international politics and economy: Finland and other rich countries should increase the amount of their development aid

[q8_8] Attitude to international politics and economy: Development aid only benefits the corrupted leaders of aid-receiving countries

[q8_9] Attitude to international politics and economy: International environmental treaties and regulations threaten Finland's competitiveness

[q8_10] Attitude to international politics and economy: Environmental problems have to be solved internationally, because pollution knows no boundaries

[q8_11] Attitude to international politics and economy: Even as an EU member, Finland should concentrate on developing its relations with Russia

[q8_12] Attitude to international politics and economy: Finland should develop its relations with the dynamic Asia rather than with the declining Europe

[q9_1] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Open about its goals and activities

[q9_2] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Strengthens peace in Europe

[q9_3] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Takes environmental conservation seriously

[q9_4] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Democratic

[q9_5] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Conceals things

[q9_6] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Diminishes disparity in welfare and living standards in Europe

[q9_7] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Acts on the terms of the strong countries

[q9_8] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Does not care about the opinions of citizens of its Member States

[q9_9] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Necessary to prevent Germany from gaining supremacy

[q9_10] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Emphasises economic values too much, neglects social ones

[q9_11] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Responsible

[q9_12] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Bureaucratic

[q9_13] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Efficiently managed

[q9_14] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Promotes welfare of the whole Europe

[q9_15] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Rapidly developing

[q9_16] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Standardises the culture and social conditions of different countries too much

[q9_17] Corresponds with your views on the EU: A threat to the existence of small countries

[q9_18] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Modern-day Soviet Union, an utopia destined to fail

[q9_19] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Promotes interaction between citizens of different countries

[q9_20] Corresponds with your views on the EU: An unreliable contracting party, impossible to get rid of

[q9_21] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Enhances division of labour and cooperation which benefits all

[q9_22] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Functions well only when the economy is strong, disunited during economically difficult times

[q9_23] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Consolidates Europe's position in global competion

[q9_24] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Is becoming out-dated/declining

[q9_25] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Part of an inevitable global integration process

[q9_26] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Promotes the intrests of economic life, not of ordinary people

[q9_27] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Strong supporter of western civilisation and values

[q9_28] Corresponds with your views on the EU: Destroys national cultures

[q10] What is your attitude to Finland's EU membership

[q11] What is your attitude to the Euro replacing the Finnish mark at the beginning of 2002?

[q12] What is your attitude to EU's enlargement to new Member States in Eastern Europe?

[q13] How certainly will you vote in the European Parliamentary elections in 2004?

[q14] Your estimate of Finland's election turn-out when compared to the 31,4 percent of the last elections

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[bv3] Size of the respondent's municipality of residence

[bv4] Province of residence

[bv5] Respondent's basic education

[bv6] Respondent's vocational education

[bv7] Respondent's occupational group

[bv8] Respondent's trade union membership

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

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