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Appendix A: Inflation Inflation rates (1979-1989) 25

Inflation rate (%)

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1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

Year

*average rates for the EC countries have been rounded up to the nearest 0.5 Source: International Monetary Fund, “World Economic Outlook,” 1999.

Appendix B: Unemployment in Italy

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011.

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Appendix C: Eurobarometer Polls Table 1. “In general, are you for or against efforts being made to unify Western Europe?”

Year 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Respondents “For” (%) 86 82 82 77.5 80 N/A 84 N/A N/A Ø 85

Table 2. “In general, are you for or against efforts being made to unify Western Europe?” (1979 average).

Country Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F) Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I)

Respondents “For” (%) 70 47.5 81.5 73.5 66 86

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Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

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79 83 61

Table 3. “Generally speaking, do you think your country’s membership of the Common Market is a good thing, a bad thing, or neither good nor bad?”

Year

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Respondents “Good thing” (%) 76.5 74 73 66 69 N/A 72 N/A N/A Ø 80

Table 4. “Generally speaking, do you think your country’s membership of the Common Market is a good thing, a bad thing, or neither good nor bad?” (1979 average).

Country Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F)

Respondents “Good” (%) 60.5 38 65 57

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Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

56 76.5 84.5 81 31

Table 5. “How do you think the general situation in your country has changed in the past twelve months?”

Year 1982 1983 1984 1985

Worse (%) 78 68 44 47

Better (%) 11 11 34 31

Table 6. “Do you believe we would do better in the fight against unemployment in (our country) by acting on our own, or by acting together with the other countries of the European Community?” (1982).

Country Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F) Greece (GR) Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

Joint action (%) 61 50 47 62 46 45 65 44 64 40

Alone (%) 19 35 35 26 37 47 24 46 26 50

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Table 7. “What of the following do you fear will change life in the next ten or fifteen years?” (1979)

Country Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F) Greece (GR) Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

Unemployment (%) 76 68 75 65 60 73 60 77 64 61

Table 8. “Do you think the movement towards unification of Europe should be speeded up, slow down, or continue as present?” (1979 average).

Country

Speed Up (%)

Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F) Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

34.5 9.5 39 31 28.5 60.5 45 32.5 23.5

Continue as Present (%) 40.3 43 42.5 40.5 45 23 45 32.5 45.5

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Table 9. “Among the three following things, which represents your strongest hope from the work of the new European Parliament? Should it control administrators and officials; speed up the process of unification; or take the initiative to make the Member States work together to face the economic crisis in Europe?” (1979).

Country Belgium (B) Denmark (DK) Germany (D) France (F) Ireland (IRL) ITALY (I) Luxembourg (L) Netherlands (NL) United Kingdom (UK)

Face the economic crisis (%) 50 56 41 68 57 68 68 60 61

Community Average: 58%.

Source: Standard Eurobarometer.