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4. Ibid., 4.
5. The European Union. A View from the Top. Report prepared by Jacqueline Spence, conducted by EOS Gallup Europe, Wavre (Belgium). The report is also available online at: http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/top/top.pdf