Brussels - Money breeds contentment. But greater wealth does not automatically make people happier, according to a quality-of-life survey conducted in all 27 European Union member states.
The study, released on Wednesday, shows that other factors, such as social environment and health, also contribute greatly to levels of satisfaction.
The happiest Europeans are the Danes and Finns, according to the findings of a representative survey of 30,000 EU citizens. At the other end of the scale, Hungary and Bulgaria returned the lowest satisfaction rates.