Increased support for enlargement

More people support EU enlargement and the idea of a European constitution, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.

Forty-nine percent of those polled say they favour enlargement, compared to 39% opposed - overall support for enlargement has increased by 3 percentage points since the last Eurobarometer poll, which was taken last autumn before the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Sixty-six percent of Europeans also endorse the idea of an EU constitution, up from 63% last autumn. France and the Netherlands, where the constitution was rejected in referenda two years ago, support the idea of an EU constitution by 68% and 55%. The biggest swings in support were in Spain, where support for the constitution increased by 13 percentage points, and in Greece, where it decreased by 11 percentage points.

More people support EU enlargement and the idea of a European constitution, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey.