Special Eurobarometer 448: Perception and awareness about transparency of state aid

This Eurobarometer survey was conducted before the entry into force of the new requirements to provide information about beneficiaries state aid awards. Europeans were asked about their awareness of state aid and the perceived ease of finding relevant information, as well as about their attitudes towards transparency of state aid. 27 818 EU citizens were interviewed in June 2016. While the results show different levels of awareness across Member States, in all EU countries, citizens feel not well-informed about state aid and consider it difficult to find information about the beneficiaries of aid. More than eight in ten consider that EU citizens should have full access to information about state aid given by public authorities to companies. Large majorities of Europeans see transparency as a means to make policy-makers accountable to citizens; as a good way to improve the management of public money, and as relevant for companies as for citizens. Europeans consider that the most effective way to improve transparency is to make the information published automatically when state aid is given. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)