2477|JANUARY 2003 BAROMETER

— Main problems that exist in Spain. Problems that affect you the most personally. — Degree of interest in the follow-up of the news about the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige off the Galician coast. Degree of concern. — Assessment of the importance of the situation created by the sinking of the Prestige and the pollution it has created. — Assessment of the management carried out by the Government of the Nation to deal with the situation. Assessment of the management of the Xunta de Galicia and the Autonomous Governments of other Communities concerned. — Assessment of the opposition’s reaction in general terms. — Assessment of the degree of solidarity of the rest of Spain with Galicia and the other affected regions. — Opinion on whether European countries are prepared to deal with ecological disasters such as the one caused by the Prestige. — Opinion on who is primarily responsible for what happened on the ship and the pollution it has caused. — Assessment of the initiative of the Spanish Government to promote a series of measures to improve maritime security in the European Union. — Assessment of the reforms proposed by the Government to increase the fight against crime and terrorism. — Attitude towards the measure proposed by the Government to extend the sentence of terrorists and those responsible for very serious crimes to 40 years. Attitude towards full enforcement of sentences in these cases. — Attitude towards the non-reduction of sentences in the case of theft of public funds until the stolen funds are returned and towards the immediate entry of the offenders in prison. — Attitude towards various measures included in the draft reform of the Criminal Code: the consideration of the crime of recidivism in the same offence, that the recidivism of the same offence entails a greater penalty and the expulsion of aliens who are illegally when they commit a crime. — Attitude towards the measures proposed in the draft reform of the Criminal Code aimed at increasing penalties or including new offences in cases of: trafficking with immigrants, ill-treatment of animals, genital mutilation (cutting) of women, child pornography and crimes against intellectual property. — Assessment of the opposition’s attitude towards the measures announced by the Government in the fight against crime. — Evaluation of the economic situation of Spain, current, retrospective and forward-looking to one year — Evaluation of the political situation in Spain, current, retrospective and prospective to one year — Knowledge and scale of valuation of political leaders. — Evaluation of the management of the Government of the PP. — Evaluation of the PSOE’s performance in the opposition. — Knowledge and scale of assessment of the ministers who form the Government. — Degree of confidence inspired by the President of the Government José Mª Aznar. — Intention to vote in general elections. — Scale of ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 2000 general elections. — Vote fidelity in March 2000 general elections. — Electoral volatility in general elections in March 2000.