academic discussion platform; participational deficit; EU membership; decission making.

Results of an international survey carried out using the European electronic discussion platform, developed as part of the MyUniversity project, are presented. The survey focussed on differences in student opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of EU membership at both the micro and macro level (advantages of membership for university students, citizens, advantages and disadvantages for the state which is an EU member). Student opinions formed a dependent variable within the survey, an independent variable being their country?s level of involvement in EU structures: 1. Slovakia a member of both the EU and the Eurozone; Czech Republic a member of the EU but not the Eurozone; Turkey and Ukraine - states which are not EU members.