2204|JANUARY 1996 BAROMETER: EUROPEAN UNION

— Degree of interest and information of news related to the European Union. — Personal feelings, and in the context of the interviewee, towards the European Union. — Importance and forecast of the following objectives of the European Union: free movement of workers, peace in Europe, the single currency and the creation of the ‘United States’ of Europe. — Effects derived from Spain’s membership of the European Union for the modernisation of Spanish society, democracy, Spain’s role in the world and the development of the economy. — Assessment of Spain’s membership of the European Union in relation to: wages, prices, labour, infrastructure, consumers, entrepreneurs, new technologies, culture, agriculture, industry, fisheries, livestock, tourism and trade. — Assessment, as a whole, of Spain’s membership of the European Union. — Assessment of how the decisions of Brussels affect the lives of the Spaniards. — Assessment of the Spanish Government’s defence of Spain’s interests vis-à-vis the European Union. — Degree of influence of Spain in the European Union. — Degree of prestige and influence of Felipe González in the European Union. — Degree of agreement with phrases related to possible conflicts of interest between Spain and the European Union. — Opinion on the free movement of workers. — Opinion on the possibility of a government of its own for the European Union. — Personal attitude towards the European Union. — Knowledge of the Presidency by Spain of the European Union from July to December 1995. — Description of three events related to the European Union, during the semester of Spanish presidency. — Image of Spain in Europe, then holding the Presidency. — Degree of importance of the Presidency of Spain in the European Union. — Degree of information, on topics related to the European Union, during the Presidency of Spain. — Knowledge of the new name given, in the European Council of Heads of State and Government, to the single currency. Valuation and preference of the same. — Opinion on the design of single currency banknotes. — Opinion on whether in 1999, Spain will meet the economic conditions necessary to join the Economic Union. — Agreement with phrases related to the desirability of Spain joining the Monetary Union since its inception. — A country belonging to the European Union, which would benefit the most from the functioning of the single currency. — Opinion on enlargement of the European Union. — Assessment of the current economic and political situation in Spain. — Assessment of the political performance of the Popular Party. — Assessment of a possible government of the People’s Party. — Assessment of the current Socialist Government. — Approval and confidence in Felipe González as President of the Government. — Trust in José Mª Aznar Chairman of the Popular Party. — Assessment of a possible government with José Mª Aznar of President. — Preference in the outcome of the next general elections. — Intention to vote in general elections. — Affinity with political parties. — Preference for the next Prime Minister: Felipe González/José Mª Aznar. — I remember voting in the 1993 general election. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee.