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Table 7: BORDER CONTROLS / (% by country )

Q. EN - Some of the European Union member countries have decided to get rid of the borders which separate them, so that people going from one country to another are no longer checked. Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to get rid of the borders between member countries ?

Answer	A	B	DK	D East	D	D West	GR	E	F
A good thing	40	49	28	49	44	42	53	62	40
A bad thing	43	22	61	29	33	35	37	19	50
Neither good nor bad	16	25	10	20	22	22	9	9	8
Don't know	1	5	2	2	1	1	1	10	3
TOTAL	100	101	101	100	100	100	100	100	101
Answer	IRL	I	L	NL	P	FIN	S	UK	EU15
A good thing	47	52	37	46	36	22	35	28	43
A bad thing	46	26	34	39	37	66	55	67	40
Neither good nor bad	5	17	27	12	20	9	9	3	13
Don't know	2	5	2	3	7	3	1	2	3
TOTAL	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99