The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the institution that inspires the most confidence among Spaniards - 6.59 out of 10 -, followed by justice (4.98), and both see their assessment reinforced compared to a year ago, according to the new Survey on Social Trends from the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), released this Monday. Behind the law of laws and justice, the Spanish Parliament is in third position (4.35), followed by the media (4.12), the Government (3.99) and the unions. (3.82) and political parties (3.82).
For the third consecutive year, the CIS asks about the assessment of the Constitution, in the study on social trends that was carried out in 2021 and 2022, on these same dates, coinciding with the anniversary of the referendum that ratified the Magna Carta. This year's field work, with 4,000 interviews carried out from October 24 to 31, coincides with the negotiations for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez. In that period of time, one of the central issues was the future law that will amnesty the process.
The political context influences public opinion, and if the Constitution is the institution in which Spaniards show the greatest confidence among the list proposed by the CIS, that good reception among public opinion has increased each year: it obtained a 6 .18 out of 10 in 2021, 6.36 in 2022 and 6.59 in the last installment.
Only the Constitution approves with solvency in terms of trust. However, justice is in second place in the assessment of those surveyed, with a technical pass (4.98), which also represents an increase compared to previous years. It was 4.76 in 2021 and 4.78 in 2022. The increase is considerable. The movements of the judicial power in the main issues of the political scene have not gone unnoticed by the Spanish citizens.
Confidence in the Constitution also shows a certain consistency, since four out of every five Spaniards (79.2%) assure that five years ago they had the same confidence in the law of laws as they do now. And 70.8% predict that, the way things are going, they will maintain that same confidence in five years.
Once again, the social portrait offered by the CIS is that of a citizenry inclined to the left with respect to the conception of the State. 68.7% of citizens believe that the State should intervene in the economy compared to 23.1% who reject this intervention. However, among these respondents who approve of state intervention, the majority (82.9%) think that it should intervene only in certain sectors of public interest and setting general guidelines, compared to 14.2% who are committed to the State directing and plan all economic activity.
The CIS also asks about the social and economic changes that will occur in ten years and 70.3% think that there will be quite a few or many changes, which will be positive in the opinion of four out of ten of those surveyed (40.2%). , while almost the same proportion predicts negative or very negative changes (38.7%).
There is greater consensus when it comes to identifying China as the power whose influence will grow the most in the next ten years. 72.2% of Spaniards believe that its influence will be greater than now. Arab countries (47.2%) are the second largest area of influence growth. In the case of the European Union, public opinion is divided into three very similar blocks, although more believe that in ten years its influence will be greater than now: 35%, compared to 31.3% who think it will be the same and 30.4% who think it will be less. In the case of the United States and Japan, the majority considers that they will have the same influence as now: 37.7% think this way regarding the North American country and 44.9% regarding the Japanese State.
