2246|PUBLIC OPINION IN THE FACE OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS

— Degree of information about the European Union and interest in news related to it. — Frequently with which you travel outside of Spain. — Work or residence outside Spain for more than six months. — Assessment of the effect for Spain of membership of the European Union: in general and on various socio-economic aspects. — Assessment of the assumption that Spain did not belong to the European Union. — European sentiment. — Comparison of the feeling of closeness towards Europe/Ibero-America. — Attitude towards the European Union. — Feeling about a hypothetical dissolution of the European Union. — Degree of agreement with phrases on the effects for Spanish workers of the implementation of the free movement of workers within the European Union. — Degree of confidence that the European Union will solve the employment problem. Institution, Spanish Government or European Union, on which it trusts more to solve this problem. — Knowledge of the name of the future European currency. — Degree of agreement with the replacement of the peseta by the euro. — Opinion on the effects that the implementation of the euro will have on the household income/price ratio and on the cost/benefit ratio for member countries. — Assessment of the effect on Spanish interests of the introduction of the euro: in general and on various aspects of the cost of living. — Phrase with which you agree more about the time of the entry into force of the Economic and Monetary Union: on the scheduled date or delay until all countries meet the requirements. — Opinion on whether Spain will meet the requirements to join the Economic and Monetary Union on the planned date. Phrase with which you agree more about the importance for Spain of incorporation on that date. — Personal desire to live in one of the member countries of the European Union. — Opinions regarding the free movement of people within the European Union, opportunities for Spaniards: rights and obligations, exercise of the profession, realisation of studies. — Assessment of professional training in Spain in order to compete on an equal footing in other countries. — Opinion on the matters of the European Union that should be dealt with exclusively by the national governments of the member countries or by common decisions. — Image of the European Union for 2010. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 1996 general elections.