50 Years Federal Republic of Germany

Judgement on democracy in Germany. Expectations of the
political future of the country.
Topics:
Party preference (Sunday question);
feelings on the 50. anniversary of the Federal Republic;
achievements which one can be proud of as a German;
expectation of a rapid change of form of government in Germany;
the constitution having proven itself;
functioning of the political system in Germany;
attitude to socially-oriented market economy;
democracy possible without market economy;
assessment of the problem-solving ability of the politicians;
political changes from the government's moving to Berlin;
advantageousness of this move of government;
current and earlier attitude to reunification of the two German states;
greatest current dangers for democracy;
fair share of life;
general life satisfaction;
optimistic future expectation.
Speculation about the future in 50 years:
assumptions about future existence of a democracy in Germany,
integration of Germany in an all-encompassing European state and
possible seccession of individual states to individual countries;
expectations of one's own professional career.
Demography:
age;
sex;
marital status;
school education;
employment;
job security;
occupational status;
household size and number of persons 18 years old and older;
net income;
state;
city size.