Tomorrow's Europe
Tomorrow's Europe, the first EU-wide Deliberative Poll
What would ordinary Europeans think, if they all came together in the same room? How would their views on the future of Europe change, after a balanced confrontation of their different visions?
These are the questions Tomorrow's Europe, the first EU-wide Deliberative Poll, seeks to answer, in partnership with the Center for Deliberative Democracy.
How? By selecting a truly representative sample of ordinary citizens from all 27 countries in the EU, providing them with balanced information about possible options for Europe's future and by bringing them together for several days of discussion in the European Parliament. In essence, Tomorrow's Europe brings all of Europe in one room.
Research Papers
- Considered Opinions on Further EU Enlargement: Evidence from an EU-Wide Deliberative Poll, Robert C. Luskin, James S. Fishkin, Stephen Boucher, Henri Monceau
Results
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Overview of Results
EU citizens accept need for pension reform, resist enlargement: First EU-wide Deliberative Poll reveals citizens' considered preferences - Opinion Changes: Before and After Deliberations
- Knowledge Gains: Before and After Deliberations
- New Member States vs. Old Member States
- All Opinions at T1, Before Deliberations - Whole Sample
- Post Deliberation Evaluation Questions
- Participant Representativeness
Press
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BBC Newsnight, 10/21/2007
What do the citizens of Europe think about the European project? Newsnight witnessed a unique seminar of citizens from all the member states coming together in Brussels to see what they make of it all. -
EUX.TV, The Europe Channel, 10/18/2007
Europe Today: First-ever deliberative poll on Europe - EuroNews Report, 10/14/2007
- ETB (Spain) News Report (ETB) (in Spanish), 10/14/2007
- DR (Denmark) News Report (in Danish), 10/14/2007
- New approaches to researching public opinion, EurActiv.com, 11/2007
- Une nouvelle forme d'enquête d'opinion est expérimentée au Parlement européen, Le Monde (France), 10/2007
- Debate eases acceptance of EU reform (UK), Financial Times (UK), 10/2007
- Do you speak European? (Italy), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- Do you speak European? (English Translation), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- Ecco percheé è stato un esperimento straordinario: Conversazione con James Fishkin (Italy), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- "This is why it was an extraordinary experiment" A conversation with James Fishkin (English Translation), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- lo,moderatore nel Parlamento di Babele (Italy), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- I, a moderator in the Parliment of Babel" (English Translation), Caffe' Europa, 11/2007
- Los europeos está dispuestos a sacrificarse para salvar sus pensiones, El País (Spain), 10/2007
- Débat à l'échelle citoyenne, La Libre (Belgium), 10/2007
- Premier sondage "délibératif" européen: le débat facilite la réform, Les Echos (France), 10/2007
- EU-Konferenz: Und plöat;tzlich reden die Büat;rger, Die Tageszeitung (Germany), 10/2007
- Europäat;ische Union: Der Gipfel der kleinen Leute, Der Spiegel (Germany), 10/2007
- Europeus favoráveis a aumento da idade de reforma, Expresso (Portugal), 10/2007
- La mayoría de europeos reticente a la entrada de Turquía en la UE, Terra (Spain), 10/2007
- Ritorno al futuro e l'Europa si interroga, Zeus News (Italy), 10/2007
- New EU treaty must be put to referendums, EU Observer, 10/2007
- Bulgarian Prime Minister Talks to EU Citizens, The Sofia Echo (Bulgaria), 10/2007
- Government BY the people, Seattle Times, 10/2007
- Európania prehodnocovali v Bruseli svoje názory na EÚ, SME (Slovakia), 10/2007
- Bulgarian News Report, (Bulgaria), 10/2007
- Jan og Louise fa hul igennem til EU-lederne?, Politiken (Denmark), 10/2007
- Eiropiesi pec diskusijam: skeptiskaki par ES paplasinasanos, gatavi pensioneties velak, Latvijas Vestnesis (Latvia), 10/2007
- Citizens resist expansion of European Union, support later retirement, poll finds, Stanford Report, 10/2007
- Never mind the treaty squabbles. Europe's real problem is Babel, The Guardian, 10/2007
- EU citizens to gather for Brussels brainstorm, EUobserver, 10/2007
- Polling that puts Europe in one room, Stanford Report, 10/2007
Poll Web Sites
Session Video
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EU-wide Deliberative Poll Sessions (Video)
"Tommorrow's Europe" sessions available in 21 languages. - Tomorrow's Europe Launch
- Excerpt: Opening Session (in French)
- Excerpt: Plenary Session (in Spanish)