” “"In modern Europe, the aim of the Union is to enable its citizens to achieve higher levels of prosperity, solidarity and security in a global world". José Manuel Barroso explains that the "public opinion poll" launched yesterday by the EU Commission aims at "listening to, not screening political options". Improving national and community policies that affect the life standards of individuals and families is the ultimate goal of the initiative, which will have an interim stage at the summit of 8th and 9th March, when the Executive will submit its own report to the meeting of the heads of state and government. One of the work tools is also a survey by Eurobarometro, composed of 196 pages and many tables, about different areas of daily life: happiness, the level of professional satisfaction, health, security…. The report of the Commission’s poll agency finds that, "overall, the EU citizens state they are happy: 86% are comparatively satisfied with their life and daily environment, 83% of their lifestyle, 78% of transport infrastructures, 77% of medical services and 71% of the local schools". (to be continued)” “
