European Parliament Election Study 2009, Candidate Study - Full Version

Institutions: Attitude towards European Institutions; attitudes towards the power of the EP; satisfaction with the democracy in one`s own country and EU. EU integration: European identity (scale); attitude towards country membership in the EU; attitude towards enlargement and towards deepening; candidate’s and party’s position towards European unification; decisions by EU in the interest of respondent`s country. Value orientations: Self-assessment on a left-right continuum; views on political issues.

Domestic and European issues: Most important issues; actual level dealing with the most important issues; appropriate level to deal with most important issues; appropriate level to deal with different policy areas. Representation: Importance of the representation of selected groups in the European Parliament (complete population in Europe, national population, the own party voters, population in the region, national party, the own European parliament group, women, elderly people, workers, young ones, disadvantaged people, minorities).

Identity: Attitudes towards European identity. Demographics: Sex; age (year of birth); country of origin, present nationality and at the time of birth; country of origin of mother and father; identification with one`s own nationality, another group or both; marital status; highest school-leaving qualification (ISCED); present employment situation as well as immediate before the election with a full time mandate; occupational sector; self-assessment of social class; duration of living at the place of residence; denomination; church attendance; self-assessment of religiousness; assessment of the standard of living in the family of the origin.

Recruitment and nomination of candidate: Encouragement to stand; nomination (level); who has nominated the candidate; alternatives for nomination; importance of certain groups supporting the candidate in the nomination process; political experience; membership; career aspiration.