Eurobarometer unveils weird and wonderful quirks of member states

TWICE a year the pollsters are sent out to question the people of the EU on a range of issues and twice a year the citizens' opinions are put together to form a Eurobarometer. The 59th was released yesterday.

These studies make strange reading and each country seems to have its own little quirks.

For instance, the Irish always feel totally ignorant of the goings-on of the EU and at the same time come out near the top when quizzed on the topic.