In the Eye of the Beholder: Perceptions of the EU Through Survey Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 291-320
Author(s):  
Andrea Teti ◽  
Pamela Abbott ◽  
Valeria Talbot ◽  
Paolo Maggiolini
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Analysis of the National Adult Nutrition Survey (Ireland) and the Food4Me Nutrition Survey Databases to Explore the Development of Food Labelling Portion Sizes for the European Union

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gibney ◽  
Aifric O’Sullivan ◽  
Albert Flynn ◽  
Janette Walton ◽  
Hannelore Daniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Portion Size ◽  
Food Labelling ◽  
Food Diary ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Portion Sizes ◽  
Food Portion ◽  
Food Portion Size ◽  
The Eu

The present study set out to explore the option of developing food portion size for nutritional labelling purposes using two European Union (EU) dietary surveys. The surveys were selected as they differed in (a) methodologies (food diary versus food frequency questionnaire), (b) populations (Irish National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS) versus a seven-country survey based on the pan EU study Food4Me), (c) food quantification (multiple options versus solely photographic album) and (d) duration (4 consecutive days versus recent month). Using data from these studies, portion size was determined for 15 test foods, where portion size was defined as the median intake of a target food when consumed. The median values of the portion sizes derived from both the NANS and Food4Me surveys were correlated (r = 0.823; p < 0.00) and the mean of the two survey data sets were compared to US values from the Recognized as Customarily Consumed (RACC) database. There was very strong agreement across all food categories between the averaged EU and the US portion size (r = 0.947; p < 0.00). It is concluded that notwithstanding the variety of approaches used for dietary survey data in the EU, the present data supports using a standardized approach to food portion size quantification for food labelling in the EU.

Attitudes Towards the EU Among Young People in Eastern Germany, Greece, and the UK: Embedding Survey Data Within Socio-Historical Context

2017 ◽  
pp. 67-98
Author(s):  
Robert Grimm ◽  
Gary Pollock ◽  
Mark Ellison ◽  
Alexandra Koronaiou ◽  
Evangelos Lagos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Eastern Germany ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

Elite Perceptions of the Judiciary in East Central and South East Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-102
Author(s):  
Åse B. Grødeland ◽  
Aadne Aasland
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
East Central ◽  
East Europe ◽  
South East Europe ◽  
Accession Process ◽  
The Eu

This article challenges the notion that the EU accession process has reduced the scope for informal practice in the judiciary in post-communist states. Elite survey data suggest that such practice is widespread – although primarily used in response to transition, informal practice has to some extent been carried over from communism and is largely used out of habit. Efforts to reduce the negative impact of informal practice in the judiciary should therefore not only seek to enhance its independence and capacity, but also address (1) public attitudes towards the law and the judiciary as such; (2) the coping strategies applied when interacting with the judiciary; and (3) the judges’ and prosecutors’ responses to such strategies.

Balkan public distrust will endanger vaccine take-up

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Member States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Relative Safety ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
To Come ◽  
Clear Majority ◽  
The Eu

Significance Non-EU Balkan countries are lagging behind EU member states in securing access to vaccines. However, survey data show that a clear majority of citizens would refuse to accept a government-sanctioned vaccine, representing a possible risk to public health for years to come. Impacts Russia and China will try to boost their influence by offering their own vaccines more quickly and in quantity. The relative safety of Russian and Western vaccines will be an issue in Russian disinformation campaigns. The EU will lose ground in the geopolitical contest, with doses not available via the WHO-GAVI COVAX scheme until April.

scholarly journals Analysis of the National Adult Nutrition Survey (Ireland) and the Food4Me Nutrition Survey Databases to Explore the Development of Food Labeling Portion Sizes for the European Union

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Gibney ◽  
Aifric O'Sullivan ◽  
Albert Flynn ◽  
Janette Walton ◽  
Hannelore Daniel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Portion Size ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Food Diary ◽  
Nutrition Survey ◽  
Portion Sizes ◽  
Food Portion ◽  
Food Portion Size ◽  
The Eu

The present study set out to explore the option of developing food portion size for nutritional labelling purposes using two European Union (EU) dietary surveys. The surveys were selected as they differed in (a) methodologies (food diary v food frequency questionnaire), (b) populations (Irish National Adult Nutrition Survey: NANS) versus a seven-country based on the pan EU study Food4Me), (c) food quantification (multiple options v, solely photographic album) and (d) duration (4 consecutive days v recent month). Using data from these studies, portion size was determined for 15 test foods, where portion size was defined as the median intake of a target food when consumed. The median values of the portion sizes derived from both the NANS and Food4Me surveys were correlated (r = 0.823; P&lt;0.00) and the mean of the two survey data sets were compared to US values from the Recognized as Customarily Consumed (RACC) database. There was very strong agreement across all food categories between the averaged EU and the US portion size (r = 0.947; P&lt;0.00). It is concluded that notwithstanding the variety of approaches used for dietary survey data in the EU, the present data supports using a standardized approach to food portion size quantification for food labelling in the EU.

scholarly journals In the EU and NATO but Close to Russia — Post-Crimea Attitudes in Bulgaria and Hungary

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Sten Berglund ◽  
Georgi Karasimeonov
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Military Intervention ◽  
Minority Population ◽  
Special Relations ◽  
Special Case ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis article focuses on attitudes towards Russia in Bulgaria and Hungary — two EU and NATO countries with special relations to Russia — in the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military intervention in support of separatists in the Donbas region of Eastern Ukraine in 2014 and onwards. We begin by putting the relations to Russia in a historical perspective. We then set out to account for support for Russia with the help of survey data from the Post-Crimea Barometer (2015) — a unique survey focusing on geopolitical orientation (East versus West) and attitudes towards Russia in Latvia, Hungary and Bulgaria in a post-Crimea setting. Latvia is a special case because of its large Russian minority population; we therefore confine our comparison to Bulgaria and Hungary. The findings suggest that long-term attachment to Russia is decisive in Bulgaria. In Hungary, long-term attachment to Russia is important, but not sufficient to account for post-Crimea attitudes towards Russia.

Party Competition in the 2013 Italian Elections: Evidence from an Expert Survey

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldo Di Virgilio ◽  
Daniela Giannetti ◽  
Andrea Pedrazzani ◽  
Luca Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Coalition Formation ◽  
Party Competition ◽  
Policy Space ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Coalition Governments ◽  
Quantitative Estimates ◽  
Spatial Approach ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we examine the structure of party competition in Italy in the February 2013 elections. We rely on the spatial approach to party competition to analyse the most salient dimensions of the policy space in the Italian context. Our analysis is based on quantitative estimates from expert survey data. These data highlight the salience of the socioeconomic policy dimension and capture the change in the importance of the EU dimension. Finally, this study provides an analysis of potential coalition governments in the aftermath of the 2013 general election that is grounded on the spatial approach to coalition formation.

The effect of affect: How affective style determines attitudes towards the EU

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie H Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Affective Style ◽  
The Eu

Research shows that affective style (i.e. our individual ways of responding to emotions) matters for social behaviour. This article explores how affective style, as a new key predictor, explains attitudes towards the European Union, encompassing the feeling of internal efficacy towards the EU and trust in the EU. The study relies on survey data from Denmark (2014). The article concludes that the affective styles of tolerating, concealing and adjusting all significantly predict EU attitudes, albeit in different ways. Adjusting is positively associated with EU attitudes, while tolerating and concealing are negatively related to EU attitudes. Mediation analysis shows that most of personality's effect is not mediated by affective style. Hence, most of the effect of affective style is not merely a transmission of prior personality effect.

Public Attitudes and the Norwegian Alcohol Monopoly

1998 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sturla Nordlund
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Alcohol Policy ◽  
World War ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

This article presents data that describes the changing public attitudes towards the Norwegian alcohol monopoly during its whole existence starting from 1922. The description of the change in attitudes up to the first decades after World War II is solely based on results from local referendums, which were very common in Norway until 1989 when the right to claim such referendums was rescinded from the Alcohol Act. For the years from 1962 onwards survey data are also available, and the results in the article are mainly based on such data. It is shown that attitudes were quite favourable towards restrictive alcohol policy, and relatively stable, up to the early 1950s. From then on public attitudes towards alcohol policy measures have become gradually more liberal. Especially the attitudes towards the alcohol monopoly as a system have changed during the 1990s, and a growing majority seems at present to be in favour of privatising the sale of wine. It is argued that some of the change is a result of the new possibilities, and the more challenging argumentation, that was brought up during the EU debate in 1993–1994. So far there is no sign of a turning point in the liberal trend in popular attitudes.

scholarly journals Opting for opt outs? - Untangling the role of identity in shaping support for differentiated integration

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Moland
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Differentiated Integration ◽  
The Eu

A large literature investigates support for European integration. However, only recently have public opinion scholars turned their focus to public perceptions of differentiated modes of integration. This article contributes to this growing literature by investigating whether exclusively national identities lead to a demand for more differentiated integration at the EU level, regardless of individual views of the question of EU membership. Using survey data from 2020, I show that solely identifying with one’s nation-state does not increase support for temporally or functionally differentiated European integration in any substantive way. However, it appears to be a key motivator of support for differentiation among those opposing EU membership. This suggests that those most concerned with sovereignty are no more likely than others to support a more differentiated EU. It also suggests that a more differentiated future EU may not be enough to stem constraining dissensus at the popular level.

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