• A minority of EU citizens (42%) believe the EU has a significant impact on their everyday life

EU citizens tend to ignore EU elections

• Less than 50% of the population voted in the last European Parliament election in Estonia, Latvia & the UK

• Around 50% of the population voted in the last European Parliament election in the Czech Rep., Poland, Slovakia & Sweden

The EU appears to be an over-complicated beast

• One EU citizen out of two believes the EU deals with issues which are too complex for them

National & regional politicians and press have not endorsed a constructive role in communicating European policies to a larger public.