Don’t have time now, but I will write more about the survey later.
Eurobarometer is a survey of European opinion routinely conducted by the European Comission. Today, they released a "flash" survey number 151 called "Iraq and Peace in the World" [local]. The survey has become controversial even before its release.
The survey polled about 500 people from each of the 15 EU countries, for a total of 7515 people. I summarize the results below. I give the overall response, and, where noted, response of citizens of particular EU countries.
- Was military intervention in Iraq justified? No (68%; Greece: 96%; France: 81%)
- Who should manage the rebuilding of Iraq? UN (58%), Iraq (44%), EU (25%), US (18%)
- Who should finance the rebuilding of Iraq? US (65%; Germany: 84%), UN (44%)
- Who should guarantee security in Iraq during the period of rebuilding the country? UN peacekeepers (43%), UN (19%), US(6%)
- Who should manage the transition to a sovereign government in Iraq? UN (60%; UK: 72%), provisional gov’t of Iraq (44%)
- The European Union should support the re-establishment of an Iraqi government in Iraq as quickly as possible. Agree (86%)
- The European Union should encourage political and cultural relations between Europe and Arab countries. Agree (86%; Ireland: 92%)
- For each of the following countries, does it present a threat to peace in the world? Israel (59%; Netherlands: 74%), Iran (53%; Greece: 26%), North Korea (53%; Greece: 30%), United States (53%; Greece: 88%), Iraq (52%; Greece: 27%), Afghanistan (50%), Pakistan (48%), Syria (37%), Libya (36%), Saudi Arabia (36%), China (30%), India (22%; Netherlands: 34%), Russia (21%), Somalia (16%), EU (8%; UK: 18%)
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