2640|APRIL 2006 BAROMETER

— Evaluation of the economic situation of Spain, current, retrospective and prospective to one year. — Evaluation of the political situation in Spain, current, retrospective and prospective to one year. — Most important problems in Spain. Problems that, personally, affect you the most. — Assessment of the actions of the PSOE Government on different issues. Political party, PSOE or PP, which it considers more capable to face these issues. — Attitude to the announcement of a permanent ceasefire by ETA. Influence on a possible solution to violence in the Basque Country. Influence of various factors on ETA’s decision to declare the ceasefire. — Concepts associated with ‘being of the left’/‘being of the right’. Ideological orientation. — Evolution in the last year of the opinion on different political parties. Degree of closeness. — Political party that I would never vote for. — Affiliation to political parties or intention to join. — Mandatory voting in general elections. — Factor that influences the most when it comes to voting for a political party. — Knowledge and scale of valuation of political leaders. — Evaluation of the management of the PSOE Government. — Evaluation of the PP’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 Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the General Secretary of the PP, Mariano Rajoy. — Probability of voting for different political parties. — Intention to vote in general elections. — Scale of ideology of the interviewee. Scale of ideology applied to political parties. — Vote recall in March 2000 and 2004 general elections. — Religious practice.