Full Survey Results
This survey was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network in the 28 Member States of the European Union between 30 May and 8 June 2015. Some 27,718 respondents from different social and demographic groups were interviewed face-to-face at home in their mother tongue on behalf of Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. The methodology used is that of Eurobarometer surveys as carried out by the Directorate-General for Communication (“Strategy, Corporate Communication Actions and Eurobarometer” Unit) A technical note concerning the interviews conducted by the member institutes of the TNS Opinion & Social network is annexed to this report. It also specifies the interview methods and the confidence intervals.
Question: "And using a scale from 1 to 10, please tell me how you would feel having a person from each of the following groups in the highest elected political position in (OUR COUNTRY). '1' means that you would feel "not at all comfortable" and '10' that you would feel totally comfortable". A gay, lesbian, or bisexual person"
- 1. Sweden4%87%
- 2. Netherlands3%85%
- 3. Ireland8%81%
- 4. Belgium7%80%
- 12%76%
- 6. Denmark7%70%
- 7. Spain8%69%
- 8. Luxembourg8%62%
- 9. France14%68%
- 10. Malta17%61%
- 11. Italy21%49%
- 12. Germany18%41%
- 13. Portugal22%45%
- 14. Poland34%46%
- 15. Slovenia30%42%
- 16. Austria27%35%
- 17. Finland24%31%
- 18. Croatia38%40%
- 19. Hungary37%35%
- 20. Greece45%39%
- 21. Czech Republic36%24%
- 22. Estonia37%19%
- 23. Cyprus55%29%
- 24. Latvia51%21%
- 25. Slovakia48%12%
- 26. Lithuania59%20%
- 27. Bulgaria58%14%
- 28. Romania59%15%
Regions are ranked by the percentage of "support" responses out of the total responses (excluding participants who answered "don't know" or refused to answer).
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