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and cohesion policy the established welfare-state sevices and the role and obliga-
tions of national and regional authorities in regard to EU regional policies. This
trend tends to be more dominant in less-rich and newMember States with electorates
that are less concerned about globalisation and this indicates a largely materialist
value orientation. A divergence of public opinion seems to emerge between the
electorates of the old and richer historical core of the European Union and the
electorates of the new Member States seemingly less aware of the global context
in which the EU environmental and cohesion policies must take place considering
global environmental problems and risks of global competition.

Acknowledgements Financial support by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the
Czech Republic (MSM0021620831) is acknowledged.

Notes

=

1. N EU27; source: Standard Eurobarometer 64, fieldwork: October-November 2005. European

Commission, Brussels, June 2006; represented variance = 67.4%.

2. N EU27; source: Standard Eurobarometer 64, fieldwork: October-November 2005. European

Commission, Brussels, June 2006; represented variance

=

= 63.6%.

3. N 27; source: Special Eurobarometer 295, fieldwork: November-December 2007. European

Commission, Directorate General Communication, Brussels, March 2008; represented variance
by component 1

=

26.814%.
4. N = 27; source: Flash Eurobarometer 234, fieldwork: January 2008. European Commission,
Directorate General Communication, Brussels, February 2008; rotation method is varimax with
Kaiser normalisation; Total represented variance by the three components is 70%.

= 34.027% and by component 2 =

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