2215|BAROMETER OF MAY 1996

— Assessment of the current economic situation in Spain: retrospective and expectations for a year. — Evaluation of the current political situation in Spain: retrospective and expectations for a year. — Knowledge and scale of assessment of national and regional political leaders. — Degree of interest in political news. — Means of communication used to inform you about the current political situation. — Interest and means of communication used to inform about the debate of investiture of José Mª Aznar in the Cortes. — Assessment of José Mª Aznar’s interventions in the investiture debate. — Knowledge of the politicians who intervened in the investiture debate of José Mª Aznar. — Assessment of Felipe González’s interventions in the investiture debate. — Opinion of different political leaders after the investiture debate. — Priority of the objectives that José Mª Aznar set in his investiture debate. — Assessment of the way in which the pacts between the People’s Party and the nationalist parties have been carried out. — Degree of agreement with phrases related to the previous covenants. — Personal attitude about the pacts between the Popular Party with: Coalition Canaria (CC), CiU and PNV. — Opinion on who the pact between the PP and the Canarian Coalition (CC) favors most, Spain or the Canary Islands. — Opinion on whom the pact between PP and CiU favors the most, Spain or Catalonia. — Opinion on whom the pact between the PP and PNV favors the most, Spain or the Basque Country. — Assessment of the stability of the PP’s pacts with nationalist parties. — Valuation of the new Government formed by José Mª Aznar. — Valuation of the new Government formed by José Mª Aznar comparing it with the previous one of Felipe González. — Assessment of the quantity and quality of the changes of the new government in economic, social and foreign policy. — Assessment of the changes, in the style of governing, of the new Government: more dialogue/authoritarian. — Assessment of the conditions in which the new Government finds itself, comparing it with the previous one, to solve different problems and national and international political issues. — Assessment of the Government’s decision to reduce public spending. — Degree of agreement with phrases related to the reduction of senior positions. — Expectations with the new Government of social dialogue with trade unions and employers. — Assessment of the government’s performance in its first weeks of office. — Knowledge and scale of assessment of the ministers who form the new government. — Degree of confidence in José Mª Aznar as President of the Government. — Degree of confidence in Felipe González as General Secretary of the PSOE. — Degree of satisfaction with the results of the 1996 general elections. — Vote recall in 1996 general elections. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Intention to vote in general elections. — Affinity with political parties.