Talk:Eurobarometer

Article section headings
OK, collaborators :) - to possibly give the collaboration an initial focus, and help editors choose topics on which to contribute, I've added some section headings to the article. These are only initial ideas to get us started.  Please feel completely free to change the outline as the article evolves.  Also, please remove the incomplete templates that I've placed for each section, once a paragraph or two is added to the section.  Happy editing! --LiniShu 03:30, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Parent DG
Are we sure that it is DG Information society that is responsible for the eurobarometer? On the Eurobarometer website I got the impression (based on my insufficient knowledge of French) that it is managed by the DG for Press and Communication (a general services DG). Though I have not found anything to validate it, I think that the most logical parent organisaton would be Eurostat. --Drdan 13:03, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Drdan, Here is a link to the MCE European NAvigator (ENa) site from which I obtained the statement about DG for Information publishing the Eurobarometer. The link will take you to the ENa home page, where there is a Search box in which one can type "Eurobarometer". The document that I am referring to is entitled "public opinion and the eurobarometer".  The statement about DG Information is in the third and last paragraph.  However, a single reference from a website is not authoritative.  It may be inaccurate or outdated.  It would be ideal if anyone could verify this or correct it with info from one or more other references. --LiniShu 15:18, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Possible Reference Links
In addition to the ENa site mentioned above, here are other links with information relevant to Eurobarometer. In addition to using them as sources of information for contributing to the article, we may want to evaluate if they are appropriate for adding to the External links section of the article.  , , --LiniShu 15:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

The link is now wrong for "public opinion analysis sector" Guyf (talk) 01:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Euro-barometer #1 occurred in spring 1974
Per and EC Public Opinion Analysis sector website linked in External reference section of article, Eurobarometer was launched in spring of 1974. The September 1973 survey was the first of the regular semi-annual surveys, but it was not officially a Eurobarometer. Hence I am changing the year reference in the summary paragraph to 1974, and will mention the Sept 1973 survey in the "Forerunners of Eurobarometer" section of the article. --LiniShu 03:36, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Forerunners of Eurobarometer
Per the "public opinion and the eurobarometer" document on the MCE European NAvigator (ENa) site, linked to above in the "Parent DG" section, the Eurobarometer polls followed from "one-off polls that the European Commission held in 1962 and in the early 1970's. I'm wondering if anyone would be able to find some more information about the 1962 poll to add to the "Forerunners of Eurobarometer" section. I'm also wondering if the national referenda in 1972-1973 on the addition of Denmark, Ireland, and UK involved any sort of survey type opinion polling, or did they involve direct votes only? -- LiniShu 03:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)