Public opinion and EU policies: Exploring the expectations gap. Compendium of Briefings

The Eurobarometer survey of the European Parliament 'Europeans in 2016: Perceptions and expectations, fight against terrorism and radicalisation' aimed to identify, across a range of different policy fields, the level of awareness of citizens of EU action in that field, and to assess how content they were with EU involvement in each field.

This compendium brings together a set of short briefings by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) following up the survey. Taking each of those policy fields in turn, they look at what the Union is already doing, identify gaps between citizens’ expectations and current EU activity, and possible areas for additional EU action.

The full survey can be accessed on the European Parliament website, including a series of infographics presenting the differences in public opinion by policy area in each Member State.

Contents:
+ Public expectations and EU policies: Identifying the gaps
+ The fight against terrorism
+ The fight against unemployment
+ The fight against tax fraud
+ The issue of migration
+ The protection of external borders
+ The promotion of democracy and peace in the world
+ Environmental protection
+ Security and defence policy
+ Health and social security
+ Equal treatment of men and women
+ Energy supply and energy security
+ Economic policy
+ Agriculture
+ Foreign policy
+ Industrial policy

ESO: Background information: Europeans in 2016: Perceptions and expectations, fight against terrorism and radicalisation. Special Eurobarometer of the European Parliament http://www.europeansources.info/record/europeans-in-2016-perceptions-and-expectations-fight-against-terrorism-and-radicalisation-special-eurobarometer-of-the-european-parliament/

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