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Table11 : CONFIDENCE IN THE EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (% by country)

Q. EN - The institutions of the European Union make many important decisions which might or might not be in the interest of people like yourself. Do you feel you can or cannot rely on the European Commission to take decisions that are in the interest of people like yourself? And what about the (NATIONAL) government, the European Parliament, the (NATIONAL PARliAMENT) and the Council of Ministers of the European Union representing the national governments?

+ = Can rely on it
- = Cannot rely on it
Answer	A		B		DK		D East		D		D West
	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-
European Commission	24	60	50	30	34	53	27	50	26	56	26	58
(NATIONAL) government	43	51	44	43	58	39	27	64	33	59	34	58
European Parliament	25	51	52	28	37	46	24	50	26	51	26	52
(NATIONAL PARliAMENT)	46	45	47	38	64	32	27	65	35	56	37	54
Council of Ministers	22	48	46	30	42	36	22	47	21	51	21	53
Answer	GR		E		F		IRL		I		L
	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-
Commission européenne	40	53	50	31	43	43	46	47	49	32	47	29
Gouvernement (NATIONAL)	58	39	60	26	56	38	57	40	47	41	68	19
Parlement européen	50	45	52	27	52	36	52	39	49	32	51	26
(PARLEMENT NATIONAL)	65	33	57	27	53	38	55	40	47	40	64	20
Conseil des Ministres	52	39	52	26	49	34	58	31	45	31	56	20
Answer	NL		P		FIN		S		UK		EU15
	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-	+	-
European Commission	47	36	53	26	26	66	17	78	32	59	39	46
(NATIONAL) government	59	30	68	20	48	49	42	53	47	49	48	43
European Parliament	44	34	60	20	31	59	23	65	34	55	41	42
(NATIONAL PARliAMENT)	57	30	67	20	52	44	51	44	51	42	49	41
Council of Ministers	47	29	62	18	31	51	28	58	41	39	40	38