Use your vote :Countdown to the 2024 European elections

Table of Contents

• 10 KEY TAKE-AWAYS 6
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9
• CONTEXT 19
• METHODOLOGY 25
• 1. EU CITIZENS’ PERCEPTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 27
• 1.1 Image of the European Parliament 28
• 1.2 Role of the European Parliament 32
• 2. THE JUNE 2024 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: AN OUTLOOK ON VOTERS AND VOTING 37
• 2.1 Knowledge of the date of the June 2024 European elections 38
• 2.2 Interest in the June 2024 European elections 42
• 2.3 Importance of voting in European elections 46
• 2.4 Importance of voting in national elections 50
• 2.5 Likelihood of voting in the June 2024 European elections 53
• 2.6 Central topics for the electoral campaign 58
• 2.7 Priority values for the EP in the next five years 69
• 2.8 Agreement with voting impact statements 75
• 2.9 The June 2024 European elections: focus on youth 80
• 3. UNDERSTANDING VOTING BEHAVIOUR 85
• 3.1 Previous voting behaviour 86
• 3.2 Reasons for not voting in the past five years 90
• 3.3 Reasons preventing voting 95
• 4. LIFE IN THE EU FROM CITIZENS' PERSPECTIVE 99
• 4.1 Effects of the recent crises on Europeans' lives 100
• 4.2 Views on democracy in the EU 119
• 4.3 Europeans' outlook on the personal standard of living and the national economic situation... 136
• 4.4 The EU in citizens' daily lives 146
• 5. EUROPEANS' PERCEPTION OF THE EU AND THE EU MEMBERSHIP 163
• 5.1 Image of the EU 164
• 5.2 EU membership 169
• 6. EU IN THE WORLD AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 193
• CONCLUSION 209
• TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 213