{"id":443825,"date":"2017-05-06T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T14:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443825"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:06:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T14:06:22","slug":"poll-52-moldovans-think-eu-helps-moldova-545-dont-trust-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/poll-52-moldovans-think-eu-helps-moldova-545-dont-trust-politician\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: 52% of Moldovans think the EU helps Moldova the most, 54,5% don&#8217;t trust any politician"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On May 4th, the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives &#8220;Viitorul&#8221; published the results of the <a href=\"http:\/\/viitorul.org\/files\/library\/Sondaj%20mai_sait.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;People Watch&#8221; poll<\/a> conducted together with CBS-Axa.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about who they think helps Moldova the most, 52% of the respondents of the poll mentioned the European Union, 23%- Romania, 17%- Russia, 21,1%- the USA, 2,4%- Turkey, etc. 29,5% answered that they know that the EU was the financing institution for a development project in their communities, 5,3%- the USA, 4,4%- Romania, 2,8%- Russia, while 49,6% had no idea or did not want to respond.<\/p>\n<p>64,9% think the external donors need to direct their financial resources to develop Moldova&#8217;s economy for more and better jobs, 46,9% mentioned investment in the road and transportation infrastructure, 43,9% want the foreign donors to offer budgetary support to the social programs of the Moldova Government. 27,5% said they wanted the foreign donors to invest in Moldova&#8217;s fight against corruption, while 21,3% wanted the foreign actors to improve the banking sector for better preferential credits.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 36,9% of the respondents wish to move to an EU Member State, 21,1% to a country of the Eurasian Economic Union and 34,8%(!) would not move out of Moldova. Those who wish to move to EU would move for better salaries (47,7%) and better living conditions (40%), while those moving to the Eurasian Union would move with less enthusiasm for better salaries (29,2%) and because they know the main communication language (26,7%).<\/p>\n<p>23,8% of the Moldovans think Angela Merkel is the most influential person in the European Union, while 71,9% chose not to answer. 1% of the respondents declared Donald Trump is the most influential leader in the EU. Meanwhile, a certain 61% of the people believe Vladimir Putin is the strongest person in the Eurasian Economic Union, followed by Belarus&#8217; Alexandr Lukashenko (1,1%).<\/p>\n<p>74,2% declared the direction in which things in Moldova are going is wrong, 14% chose to think it is right. 45,7% and 37,2% of the respondents are not satisfied at all or not so satisfied with the economic situation in Moldova. 26,8% and 36,1% were not satisfied respectively with the way they live.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problems of Moldova accordingly are: Corruption- 55,1%, Lack of jobs- 49,7%, Level of wages and pensions- 48,4%, Low quality of life- 39,5%, The Theft of the Billion- 39,5%, etc.<\/p>\n<p>46,1% of Moldovans think the reform of pension system is necessary, 41,8%- reform of the Government, 38,2%- reform of the justice system, 28,3%- the taxation system, 18,5%- education reform, 7,8%- administrative-territorial reform.<\/p>\n<p>The Church (67,1%), the Local Administration (36,6%) and the President (36,4%) seem to have most of the trust of the Moldovan people.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about what politician they trust the most, 22,2% mentioned President Igor Dodon, 6%- former Presidential candidate Maia Sandu, 2%- PM Pavel Filip.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1161\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-696x453.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-1068x695.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-646x420.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1161px) 100vw, 1161px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked about which political party they would vote for, 31,8% of the participants of the poll indicated the Socialists&#8217; Party, 16,1%- Action and Solidarity Party, 3,6%- Platform &#8220;Dignity and Truth&#8221;, 2,2%- &#8220;Our Party&#8221;, 2,2%- Communists&#8217; Party, 2,1%- Democratic Party. Although 30,6% did not know their option yet, it seems that only the Socialists and PAS would be able to enter the next Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-696x559.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-523x420.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is certain is that Moldovans would never vote for the current or former government parties: 49,4%- Democratic Party, 45,3%- Liberal Party, 29,1%- Communists&#8217; Party, 25,9%- Liberal-Democratic Party. Nevertheless, even some parties like Renato Usat\u00eei&#8217;s &#8220;Our Party&#8221;, MSP Ravnopravie, PAS, Platform DA got as much haters as Parliamentary parties like Socialists&#8217; Party or\u00a0European People&#8217;s Party.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-696x735.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-398x420.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A worrying fact is that 51,5% would prefer a fully Presidential Republic, compared to the 24,3% who are for a Parliamentary Republic.<\/p>\n<p>49,6% would participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/igor-dodon-signs-decree-initiate-consultative-referendum-4-topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Dodon&#8217;s referendum on<\/a>\u00a0his plan\u00a0to change his powers of dissolving the Parliament and to reduce the number of MPs (which most people support).<\/p>\n<p>33,8% prefer the proportional closed-list electoral system, 27,4%- the uninominal vote system, 13,6%- the mixed electoral system. 25,2% still don&#8217;t know how to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted among 1091 persons during 7-25 April 2017. It has a 2,8% error rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>On May 4th, the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives &#8220;Viitorul&#8221; published the results of the &#8220;People Watch&#8221; poll conducted together with CBS-Axa. Asked about who they think helps Moldova the most, 52% of the respondents of the poll mentioned the European Union, 23%- Romania, 17%- Russia, 21,1%- the USA, 2,4%- Turkey, etc. 29,5% answered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-politics","category-society"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On May 4th, the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives &#8220;Viitorul&#8221; published the results of the <a href=\"http:\/\/viitorul.org\/files\/library\/Sondaj%20mai_sait.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;People Watch&#8221; poll<\/a> conducted together with CBS-Axa.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about who they think helps Moldova the most, 52% of the respondents of the poll mentioned the European Union, 23%- Romania, 17%- Russia, 21,1%- the USA, 2,4%- Turkey, etc. 29,5% answered that they know that the EU was the financing institution for a development project in their communities, 5,3%- the USA, 4,4%- Romania, 2,8%- Russia, while 49,6% had no idea or did not want to respond.<\/p>\n<p>64,9% think the external donors need to direct their financial resources to develop Moldova&#8217;s economy for more and better jobs, 46,9% mentioned investment in the road and transportation infrastructure, 43,9% want the foreign donors to offer budgetary support to the social programs of the Moldova Government. 27,5% said they wanted the foreign donors to invest in Moldova&#8217;s fight against corruption, while 21,3% wanted the foreign actors to improve the banking sector for better preferential credits.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, 36,9% of the respondents wish to move to an EU Member State, 21,1% to a country of the Eurasian Economic Union and 34,8%(!) would not move out of Moldova. Those who wish to move to EU would move for better salaries (47,7%) and better living conditions (40%), while those moving to the Eurasian Union would move with less enthusiasm for better salaries (29,2%) and because they know the main communication language (26,7%).<\/p>\n<p>23,8% of the Moldovans think Angela Merkel is the most influential person in the European Union, while 71,9% chose not to answer. 1% of the respondents declared Donald Trump is the most influential leader in the EU. Meanwhile, a certain 61% of the people believe Vladimir Putin is the strongest person in the Eurasian Economic Union, followed by Belarus&#8217; Alexandr Lukashenko (1,1%).<\/p>\n<p>74,2% declared the direction in which things in Moldova are going is wrong, 14% chose to think it is right. 45,7% and 37,2% of the respondents are not satisfied at all or not so satisfied with the economic situation in Moldova. 26,8% and 36,1% were not satisfied respectively with the way they live.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problems of Moldova accordingly are: Corruption- 55,1%, Lack of jobs- 49,7%, Level of wages and pensions- 48,4%, Low quality of life- 39,5%, The Theft of the Billion- 39,5%, etc.<\/p>\n<p>46,1% of Moldovans think the reform of pension system is necessary, 41,8%- reform of the Government, 38,2%- reform of the justice system, 28,3%- the taxation system, 18,5%- education reform, 7,8%- administrative-territorial reform.<\/p>\n<p>The Church (67,1%), the Local Administration (36,6%) and the President (36,4%) seem to have most of the trust of the Moldovan people.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about what politician they trust the most, 22,2% mentioned President Igor Dodon, 6%- former Presidential candidate Maia Sandu, 2%- PM Pavel Filip.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1161\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll.jpg 1161w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-696x453.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-1068x695.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/popular-support-viitorul-poll-646x420.jpg 646w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1161px) 100vw, 1161px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked about which political party they would vote for, 31,8% of the participants of the poll indicated the Socialists&#8217; Party, 16,1%- Action and Solidarity Party, 3,6%- Platform &#8220;Dignity and Truth&#8221;, 2,2%- &#8220;Our Party&#8221;, 2,2%- Communists&#8217; Party, 2,1%- Democratic Party. Although 30,6% did not know their option yet, it seems that only the Socialists and PAS would be able to enter the next Parliament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443833\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-696x559.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/viitorul-poll-politics-523x420.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What is certain is that Moldovans would never vote for the current or former government parties: 49,4%- Democratic Party, 45,3%- Liberal Party, 29,1%- Communists&#8217; Party, 25,9%- Liberal-Democratic Party. Nevertheless, even some parties like Renato Usat\u00eei&#8217;s &#8220;Our Party&#8221;, MSP Ravnopravie, PAS, Platform DA got as much haters as Parliamentary parties like Socialists&#8217; Party or\u00a0European People&#8217;s Party.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-443834\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"713\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-696x735.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/no-vote-poll-viitorul-398x420.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A worrying fact is that 51,5% would prefer a fully Presidential Republic, compared to the 24,3% who are for a Parliamentary Republic.<\/p>\n<p>49,6% would participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/igor-dodon-signs-decree-initiate-consultative-referendum-4-topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President Dodon&#8217;s referendum on<\/a>\u00a0his plan\u00a0to change his powers of dissolving the Parliament and to reduce the number of MPs (which most people support).<\/p>\n<p>33,8% prefer the proportional closed-list electoral system, 27,4%- the uninominal vote system, 13,6%- the mixed electoral system. 25,2% still don&#8217;t know how to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted among 1091 persons during 7-25 April 2017. 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