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Survey: Most Slovaks Consider Present Economy Condition Bad
Monday 14 December 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 14 (TASR) - The biggest problem facing the EU countries at present is unemployment, according to the recent Eurobarometer survey.
The survey was carried out by TNS Opinion and Social in the autumn of this year. Up to 51 percent of Europeans and 64 percent Slovaks see unemployment as the biggest problem. Compared to the survey from the spring of this year, 4 percent more Slovak are concerned about employment.
Up to 51 percent of Slovaks think that the worst is yet to come and the unemployment will grow. On the contrary, 42 percent think that the unemployment rate caused by the crisis has reached its peak already. "People have clearly said that their biggest concern is connected with employment and the EU must continue paying all its attention and commitment to the solving of the crisis," said EU Commission's deputy-chair Margot Wallstrom.
Slovaks are, in relation to their respective domestic economy conditions, more pessimistic than other Europeans. Up to 81 percent of Slovaks consider this condition bad, while 40 percent of respondents expect it to become even worse. Only 19 percent expect economy to improve and 38 percent expect no change in the condition of the economy in the near future. As for the long-term expectations, Slovaks are more positive than other EU members. Up to 75 percent of Slovaks expect an optimistic development.
The most reliable international institution for the solving of the crisis is, according to Slovaks, the European Union (EU). Up to 30 percent of Slovaks consider it the most competent in the fight against the consequences of the crisis. The second most trustworthy institution in this respect in Slovakia is G20 (28 percent) and the third is the International Monetary Fund (IMF/14 percent), TASR was told by Katarina Touquet Jaremova from the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia.
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