{"id":15649,"date":"2026-05-09T05:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/greeks-most-distrustful-of-the-european-union-survey-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:34:31","slug":"greeks-most-distrustful-of-the-european-union-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/09\/greeks-most-distrustful-of-the-european-union-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Greeks most distrustful of the European Union, survey finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1303225\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eu-greece-reuters-ezgif-com-avif-to-jpg-converter-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eu-greece-reuters-ezgif-com-avif-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"Greeks most distrustful of the European Union, survey finds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eu-greece-reuters-ezgif-com-avif-to-jpg-converter-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Alkis Konstantinidis\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greeks are the most distrustful of the European Union in the 27-member bloc and are also the most dissatisfied with its response to the war in Ukraine, a new Eurobarometer survey of public opinion has found.<\/p>\n<p>Some 61% of Greek respondents said they \u201ctend not to trust\u201d the EU, just above Cyprus and Slovenia (both 54%), compared to a 27-country average of 43%.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the scale, Portuguese (79%) and Danish (73%) respondents were more trusting of the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Only 27% of Greek respondents said they were satisfied with EU\u2019s response to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the lowest rate among EU citizens and well below the average of 55%.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about domestic issues, 60% of Greek respondents felt the situation in their country was \u201cbad,\u201d with 56% of saying that they expected it to deteriorate in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Just over half (53%) said rising costs, inflation and the cost of living was the most important issue facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Only 22% said they trusted the national parliament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/in-depth\/society-in-depth\/1303225\/greeks-most-distrustful-of-the-european-union-survey-finds\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Alkis Konstantinidis\/Reuters] Greeks are the most distrustful of the European Union in the 27-member bloc and are also the most dissatisfied with its response to the war in Ukraine, a new Eurobarometer survey of public opinion has found. 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