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The autumn 2020 Standard Eurobarometer survey (EB92) was carried out between 14 and 29 November 2019 in the 28 Member States of the European Union, the five candidate countries (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey) and the Turkish Cypriot Community in the part of the country not controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus. In the period between the previous Standard Eurobarometer (carried out between 7 and 25 June 2019 in the EU28, just after the European elections) and the fieldwork for the current Standard Eurobarometer, the following important events took place within the EU: - On 2 July, the European Council appointed Charles Michel as its new President. - On 3 July, David Sassoli was elected as the new President of the European Parliament. - Ursula von der Leyen was elected President of the future European Commission by the European Parliament on 16 July 2019. It was also during this period that the College of Commissioners was formed for the term 2019-2024. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented her new team and the new structure of the European Commission on 10 September 20191, while the new Commission was approved by the European Parliament on 27 November 2019. - The new College of Commissioners took office on 1 December 20192, with Josep Borrell serving as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and as Vice-President of the European Commission. - Christine Lagarde was appointed President of the European Central Bank on 18 October 2019. Taking over from Mario Draghi (2011-2019), she took up her duties on 1 November. On the economic front, during the fieldwork for this survey the European Commission published its autumn 2019 European economic forecasts 2019, according to which GDP growth in 2020 will reach 1.4% in EU28 (unchanged since 2019), and 1.2% in the euro area (+0.1 versus 2019). By way of comparison, GDP growth for 2020 is forecast at 1.8% in the United States, 0.4% in Japan, 5.8% in China and 3.0% worldwide. According to the current forecasts, GDP growth in EU28 is expected to remain at 1.4% in 2021. The unemployment rate has stabilised after several years of falling numbers, but is still lower than in the same period in 2018. In September 2019, it was 6.3% for the EU as a whole (unchanged since August 2019, but down from 6.7% in September 2018). Unemployment in the euro area was 7.5% in September 2019 (unchanged since August 2019, but down from 8% in September 2018).
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Communication (European Commission) , Kantar
- Themes: Activities of the European Union
- Subject: democracy , economic reform , economic situation , EU institution , European citizenship , European identity , European Union , political situation , public opinion , public service , report , sample survey
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| ISSN 1977-3927 | ISBN 978-92-76-15389-4 | DOI 10.2775/033750 | Catalogue number NA-AO-20-001-EN-N |