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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.