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Abstract

While European integration is widely considered a project of elites, from which masses are excluded or abstain, the attitudes of elites towards the European Union are seldom studied. This article is based on an elite survey which took place in 2007 in 18 member-states of the European Union. The analysis refers to the responses of parliamentary elites to three questions: how much do these elites trust European Union institutions and would they agree with the empowerment of such institutions? To what extent do they want the further development of European unification? And do they agree with the formulation of common European policies in selected policy areas? The distribution of attitudes is interpreted on the grounds of the parliamentarians^ party affiliation, self-placement on the Left-Right scale and trust in European Union institutions.