GENERAL PERSPECTIVES, GLOBALIZATION

Aug 9, 2018

THE EXPECTATIONS OF EUROPEAN SOCIETIES REGARDING THEIR OWN FUTURE, AND THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY, REMAIN UNFAVORABLE. A LARGE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE IN MOST EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES BELIEVE THINGS ARE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION IN THEIR COUNTRIES. HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS ARE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE DISTANT FUTURE: AS THEY SEE IT, THEIR CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL LIVE IN WORSE CONDITIONS THAN THOSE OF TODAY. THE BALTIC COUNTRIES ARE THE MOST OPTIMISTIC IN THIS REGARD, AND HUNGARY IS AMONG THE FIVE MOST OPTIMISTIC COUNTRIES, WHILE WESTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES ARE THE MOST PESSIMISTIC. MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION TO BE GENERALLY POSITIVE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN EVERY MEMBER STATE ARE OPPOSED TO PEOPLE WITH CONSIDERABLE BUSINESS AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE THROUGH NGOS HAVING A SAY IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF THEIR COUNTRIES.

IN WHAT DIRECTION DO YOU THINK THINGS ARE GOING IN YOUR COUNTRY?

Year	Result	Result
EU	-0.29	0
Luxembourg	0	0.53
Portugal	0	0.34
Malta	0	0.33
Republic of Ireland	0	0.19
Estonia	0	0.09
Hungary	0	0.08
Bulgaria	-0.09	0
Netherlands	-0.16	0
Denmark	-0.19	0
Belgium	-0.2	0
Czech Republic	-0.21	0
UK	-0.21	0
France	-0.22	0
Lithuania	-0.24	0
Austria	-0.25	0
Finland	-0.25	0
Latvia	-0.26	0
Cyprus	-0.26	0
Poland	-0.29	0
Sweden	-0.31	0
Spain	-0.4	0
Germany	-0.41	0
Italy	-0.43	0
Romania	-0.44	0
Slovakia	-0.45	0
Slovenia	-0.45	0
Greece	-0.58	0
Croatia	-0.6	0

DO YOU THINK YOUR CHILDREN WILL LIVE…?

Válasz	EU
Better	0.18
The same	0.23
Worse	0.5
DK/Refused	0.09

	Better	The same	Worse	DK/Refused
EU	0.18	0.23	0.5	0.09
Latvia	0.49	0.23	0.18	0.1
Lithuania	0.5	0.19	0.21	0.1
Estonia	0.45	0.26	0.19	0.1
Malta	0.44	0.35	0.19	0.02
Hungary	0.42	0.25	0.28	0.05
Poland	0.39	0.2	0.27	0.14
Republic of Ireland	0.33	0.27	0.33	0.07
Bulgaria	0.36	0.17	0.36	0.11
Romania	0.33	0.19	0.4	0.08
Denmark	0.23	0.32	0.35	0.1
Luxembourg	0.21	0.39	0.37	0.03
Sweden	0.22	0.29	0.41	0.08
Finland	0.18	0.3	0.4	0.12
Czech Republic	0.24	0.21	0.47	0.08
UK	0.18	0.31	0.41	0.1
Croatia	0.23	0.19	0.48	0.1
Cyprus	0.21	0.27	0.5	0.02
Slovakia	0.23	0.17	0.52	0.08
Netherlands	0.13	0.33	0.43	0.11
Portugal	0.18	0.21	0.52	0.09
Slovenia	0.16	0.17	0.57	0.1
Germany	0.11	0.26	0.52	0.11
Greece	0.17	0.18	0.59	0.06
Spain	0.15	0.21	0.58	0.06
Austria	0.09	0.23	0.61	0.07
France	0.09	0.18	0.62	0.11
Belgium	0.07	0.23	0.63	0.07
Italy	0.08	0.2	0.65	0.07

DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT BUSINESSMEN WITH BUSINESS AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE AND NGO-S SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN THE DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OF EU MEMEBER STATES?

Válasz	EU
Rather agree	0.23
Rather disagree	0.57
DK/Refused	0.2

	Rather agree	Rather disagree	DK/Refused
EU	0.23	0.57	0.2
Lithuania	0.39	0.45	0.16
Spain	0.36	0.48	0.16
Portugal	0.35	0.49	0.16
Malta	0.37	0.55	0.08
Romania	0.33	0.58	0.09
Poland	0.31	0.57	0.12
Republic of Ireland	0.25	0.54	0.21
UK	0.25	0.55	0.2
France	0.23	0.53	0.24
Slovenia	0.25	0.57	0.18
Slovakia	0.24	0.56	0.2
Sweden	0.17	0.49	0.34
Luxembourg	0.27	0.61	0.12
Denmark	0.2	0.54	0.26
Belgium	0.2	0.55	0.25
Italy	0.21	0.56	0.23
Netherlands	0.17	0.53	0.3
Latvia	0.23	0.59	0.18
Germany	0.2	0.59	0.21
Czech Republic	0.22	0.61	0.17
Finland	0.17	0.6	0.23
Croatia	0.14	0.58	0.28
Cyprus	0.21	0.66	0.13
Austria	0.16	0.65	0.19
Bulgaria	0.16	0.77	0.07
Estonia	0.11	0.78	0.11
Greece	0.11	0.84	0.05
Hungary	0.05	0.88	0.07

GEORGE SOROS’ POPULARITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

AMONG RESPONDENTS WITH AN OPINION

Válasz	EU
Kedvező	0.2
Kedvezőtlen	0.8

	Kedvező	Kedvezőtlen
EU	0.2	0.8
Észtország	0.52777777777778	0.47222222222222
Litvánia	0.48648648648649	0.51351351351351
Luxemburg	0.46666666666667	0.53333333333333
Málta	0.4	0.6
Írország	0.34615384615385	0.65384615384615
Lettország	0.34090909090909	0.65909090909091
Portugália	0.33333333333333	0.66666666666667
Ciprus	0.30769230769231	0.69230769230769
Egyesült Királyság	0.3	0.7
Svédország	0.29166666666667	0.70833333333333
Finnország	0.28	0.72
Ausztria	0.28	0.72
Horvátország	0.25	0.75
Bulgária	0.24561403508772	0.75438596491228
Lengyelország	0.23684210526316	0.76315789473684
Dánia	0.23529411764706	0.76470588235294
Csehország	0.23333333333333	0.76666666666667
Szlovénia	0.22222222222222	0.77777777777778
Belgium	0.21052631578947	0.78947368421053
Hollandia	0.2	0.8
Magyarország	0.19753086419753	0.80246913580247
Románia	0.19642857142857	0.80357142857143
Németország	0.19047619047619	0.80952380952381
Olaszország	0.17647058823529	0.82352941176471
Spanyolország	0.17241379310345	0.82758620689655
Szlovákia	0.13513513513514	0.86486486486487
Görögország	0.13157894736842	0.86842105263158
Franciaország	0.12	0.88