Guardian/ICM Europe poll: get the full data here

What kind of continent is Europe? A new Guardian/ICM poll gives us some new answers.

The poll was carried out online by ICM using a representative sample of more than 5,000 people of working age in five leading EU states – Britain, France, Germany, Poland and Spain. As Julian Glover writes today:

It paints a picture of a continent confident in its liberal values and still mostly committed to EU institutions such as the euro and the free movement of people between states, but notably hostile to state spending and political leaders

So, what are the key findings so far?
• Only 6% of people across Europe say they have a great deal of trust in their government. Overall, the percentage of those who think politicians are not at all, or not very, honest outweighs those who disagree by a massive 89 percentage points.
• 40% of those polled think their economy will get worse over the next 12 months, against 20% who think it will improve. Economic anxiety is greatest in France, where pessimists outnumber optimists by a net difference of 46 points. In Britain, the difference is 40 points and in Poland 30 points
• Overall, 62% describe themselves as liberal on social issues - the highest percentage being Germany

ICM interviewed a random sample of 5,023 adults in five EU states aged 18–64 from its online panel between 24 February and 8 March, 2011. In order to achieve a nationally representative sample within each country, quotas were set by gender, age and region. At the data analysis stage, data was weighted to the profile of all adults aged 18-64 in each country

As more of the data is released we will publish it here (you can also download the full PDF with sample sizes here). You can download the data as a spreadsheet too. What can you do with it?

Data summary

Guardian Europe poll summary
Question	ALL	UK	GERMANY	FRANCE	SPAIN	POLAND
Expect country's economy to get better in next year	20	15	32	13	21	21
Expect country's economy to get worse in next year	47	55	30	59	40	50
Think people in country will be better off in 10 years	32	26	21	12	58	44
Think people in country will be worse off in 10 years	47	48	54	72	23	38
Trust the government to deal with country's problems	20	29	18	17	21	16
Don't trust the government to deal with country's problems	78	66	80	82	78	82
Trust politicians to act with honesty and integrity	9	12	10	11	8	3
Do not trust politicians to act with honesty and integrity	89	85	88	87	91	96
The government needs to cut spending to reduce the national debt	42	34	53	46	39	37
The government needs to make sure the economy is recovering before cutting	41	51	36	41	36	42
The government should not be cutting public spending	10	8	4	5	17	14
I approve of people moving from one EU country to another to look for work	54	31	49	55	67	66
I do NOT approve of people moving from one EU country to another to look for work	17	33	19	14	11	10
I approve of people moving to an EU country from outside the EU to look for work	32	20	30	30	33	46
I do NOT approve of people moving to an EU country from outside the EU to look for work	37	47	37	39	39	25
My attitude to social issues - marriage, women's rights or gay rights - is liberal	62	60	68	59	72	49
My attitude to social issues - marriage, women's rights or gay rights - is traditional	16	19	9	14	8	31