2212|APRIL 1996 BAROMETER

— Agreement with phrases that express different moods and ways of seeing life. — Attitudes towards certain groups to have them as neighbors. — Feelings derived from dealing with people of ideas or beliefs other than yours. — Opinion about the society in which we live. — Degree of interest in politics in general and in particular in the activities of: the Parliament, the central and regional governments, the City Council, political parties, trade unions, international issues and electoral campaigns. — Time dedicated to: read the political sections, comment on politics, ask friends to vote, solve local problems, assistance and political participation, work for a party or nominee. — Attitude towards certain words: communism, environmentalism, democracy, socialism, pacifism, feminism, free market, public enterprise, privatisation, equality, tradition, religion, death penalty, order, army, sexual freedom, discipline, decriminalisation of abortion and tolerance. — Scale of assessment of institutions. — Valuation of political parties. — Attitude to the criticisms of the voted party. — Knowledge of the Intergovernmental Conference of the European Union for the Reform of the Treaty of Maastrich (C.I.G.) held in Turin. — Attitude towards the European Union and types of changes it needs. — Opinion on the intensification of efforts to speed up the process of building European unity. — Priorities to achieve the Economic Convergence of Spain. — Scale of concern for social problems in Spain. — Degree of satisfaction with the operation of certain public services. — Description of the three events of Spanish public life that have caught your attention the most and the one that you found most worrying. — Agreement with phrases and opinions related to pharmacies’ schedule. — Assessment of the current economic situation in Spain. — Evaluation of the current political situation in Spain, prospective and one-year expectations. — Opinion on the PP’s expectations of reaching agreements with nationalist parties in order to govern. — Knowledge of the new Presidents of Congress and Senate, Federico Trillo and Ignacio Barrero respectively. — Knowledge and scale of assessment of national and regional political leaders. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in 1996 general elections.