2392|BAROMETER OF MAY 2000: EUROPEAN UNION

— Degree of information about the European Union and interest in news related to it. — Opinion on the image given by television and radio about the European Union. — Assessment of the effect for Spain of membership of the European Union: in general and on various socio-economic aspects. — Current and prospective Europeanist sentiment. — Attitude towards the European Union. — Feeling about a hypothetical dissolution of the European Union. — Opinion on the influence of European Union policy on differences in wealth and degree of development between member countries. — Opinion on the economic position of Spain compared to the most developed countries of the European Union. Influence of Spain’s membership of the European Union. — Evaluation of the balance between what Spain contributes to the budgets of the European Union and what it receives. — Degree of confidence that the European Union will solve the employment problem. Institution, Spanish Government or European Commission, on which it trusts more to solve this problem. — Degree of agreement with the replacement of the peseta by the euro. — Opinion on the impact that the implementation of the euro will have on the cost-benefit ratio for member countries. — Assessment of the effect on Spanish interests of the introduction of the euro. — Assessment of the Spanish Government’s defence of Spanish interests vis-à-vis the European Union. — Opinion on the degree of influence of Spain on the decisions taken in the European Union. — Opinion on the degree of prestige and influence of José Mª Aznar in the European Union. — Preference for, when making important decisions, a single European government or the permanence of national governments. — Knowledge of the countries that are part of the European Union. — Evaluation of the current economic situation of the country and prospective one year. — Evaluation of the current political situation of the country and prospective one year. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 2000 general elections. — Job expectations of employment and unemployment.