The Europeans do not trust politicians. Neither the ruling nor the opposition engaged. Incapable of solving the perceived problems that affect every country and, above all, do not believe them to be honest. A sharp detachment from politics is installed between citizens. Only 14% of Europeans keep "some" expectation that their leaders succeed handle the situation.
78% is divided between those who do not have many or none. The worst economic crisis in decades is crossed without a rudder. That is the impression expressed more clearly than those interviewed in the survey that the British newspaper The Guardian carried out between February 24 and March 8 in the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain, for the series that made with Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Gazeta Wyborcza and the country.
The distrust is projected into the economic future: 2012 is black and the next decade, rather dark gray. The financial meltdown has played an important role in the erosion of the image of the rulers. The cuts imposed Zapatero before the siege of markets, the austerity measures implemented in the summer Angela Merkel and David Cameron among other things removing half a million public jobs, can explain that 66% of Britons can not create Executive to resolve the impasse, 80% of Germans do not see clearly with these leaders to regain their strength and that 78% of Spanish express discontent with Zapatero.
In addition, 78% said their government has been spending too much money, which suggests little foresight and responsibility by those who now preach, and apply-cuts. Poles, 82%, and French, at 84%, are those who believe that there have been more waste. But the poor economic situation explains the discredit of the representatives only in part.
The distrust of politicians is going much further and also contaminates that are in opposition: 90% of European respondents did not trust "a lot" or "nothing" that politicians from each of the countries to act with honesty and integrity. Suspicions appear well founded. In Spain, corruption has penetrated dozens of councils, linked to property speculation, and cases of alleged illegal funding of parties, as Gürtel, or fraud, like the ERE in Andalusia, are almost daily for that 91% of Spanish people who says not to believe in the rightness of the politicians.
In other countries, politicians are not involved in crimes, but there have been actions that public opinion judged as unethical. In Germany, Karl Theodor zu Gutenberg has lost his post as Minister of Defence for plagiarizing his doctoral thesis. In France, Foreign Minister Michèle Aliot-Marie just resigned from a holiday in Tunisia when the riots started and be feted by a businessman friend of the deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Even leaving aside the scandals, there emerges the sense of crisis of leadership, which is also seen in some national polls, with Zapatero tumbling in every barometer of the CIS and Sarkozy trying to draw the attention of the French with successive changes of government to its low popularity.
The Europeans do not place their hopes in the future. On which is just around the corner in the next 12 months, 47% believe the economy will be "worse" or "much worse." Already ten years, remains the same percentage. Just change that 31% now predicts that by 2012 the financial situation remains "equal", it becomes 18% when asked about the next decade.
It is curious that the Spanish are the second most optimistic in the short term (after the Germans, who have begun a clear recovery), and more optimistic for 2021, although his is the brunt of these five economies. To within 12 months, 32% of Germans hoped that the economy is "much better" or "somewhat better", even if 36% of them anticipate that the "same" and 30% "worse" or "much worse." Among the Spanish, who are overwhelmingly black next year, with 38% who think that nothing will change and a 40% worse, 20% are hopeful.
When it comes to saying how they perceive the economic future of the citizens within a decade, optimists become solid majority: 57% believe that then the economy will be "much better" or "somewhat better", followed closely by Poles (44%) compared with 20% of Germans, 26% of Britons and 12% of French, were the most pessimistic about the near and medium term.
The resigned attitude of Europeans towards the need to reduce government spending suggests the magnitude of the malaise that has created the crisis affecting the pillars of the welfare state. But there is division over whether it is better to apply now cuts to reduce debt or consolidate recovery first start after losing weight on public spending.
42% favor the first option, with the Germans in the lead, and 41% of the second, leading the British. Only 10% were reluctant to reduce public spending. Spain is separated from the average: 17% is directly contrary to the cuts, followed by 14% of Poles. This result suggests that Polish and Spanish, which have a social status with fewer benefits than the Germans, French and, to a lesser extent Britain, are more reluctant to continue docking, have less, and therefore more to lose in comparison, but that resistance is a minority in all countries.
Another similar question is posed question but here it is to ascertain the degree of agreement with a given premise: "The Government must ensure that the economy recovers before starting to cut public spending." When made well, the vast majority (59%) is fully or rather agree with this idea, which, as before, especially defending the British (63%) and Poles (65%), the most hostile to chew everyone's money as a first solution.
The high debt crisis that has led to the States is one of the main concerns of citizens, especially in Poland, France and Spain, in that order. For Spain has been and still is-particularly dramatic, the weak point, along with the very high unemployment, which has led to moments of panic about the possibility of following the same path as Greece and Ireland.
When solving the debt problem, however, only half of the Spanish believed that "the government should focus on reducing the national debt by cutting public spending," as Polish and British. The Germans (71%), followed by French (62%) are, again, the more determined to sacrifice the public to avoid what they believe is a greater evil, the debt.
This trend is reinforced when one looks at who denies that the government should focus on this issue, 31% of Poles, followed by Spanish and British, both with 27%, suggesting again that in these resistance losing benefits is higher than in Germany or France. In any case, the model seems to be blurring because of the crisis, and the resignation of the majority. 
78% is divided between those who do not have many or none. The worst economic crisis in decades is crossed without a rudder. That is the impression expressed more clearly than those interviewed in the survey that the British newspaper The Guardian carried out between February 24 and March 8 in the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Spain, for the series that made with Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Gazeta Wyborcza and the country.
The distrust is projected into the economic future: 2012 is black and the next decade, rather dark gray. The financial meltdown has played an important role in the erosion of the image of the rulers. The cuts imposed Zapatero before the siege of markets, the austerity measures implemented in the summer Angela Merkel and David Cameron among other things removing half a million public jobs, can explain that 66% of Britons can not create Executive to resolve the impasse, 80% of Germans do not see clearly with these leaders to regain their strength and that 78% of Spanish express discontent with Zapatero.
In addition, 78% said their government has been spending too much money, which suggests little foresight and responsibility by those who now preach, and apply-cuts. Poles, 82%, and French, at 84%, are those who believe that there have been more waste. But the poor economic situation explains the discredit of the representatives only in part.
The distrust of politicians is going much further and also contaminates that are in opposition: 90% of European respondents did not trust "a lot" or "nothing" that politicians from each of the countries to act with honesty and integrity. Suspicions appear well founded. In Spain, corruption has penetrated dozens of councils, linked to property speculation, and cases of alleged illegal funding of parties, as Gürtel, or fraud, like the ERE in Andalusia, are almost daily for that 91% of Spanish people who says not to believe in the rightness of the politicians.
In other countries, politicians are not involved in crimes, but there have been actions that public opinion judged as unethical. In Germany, Karl Theodor zu Gutenberg has lost his post as Minister of Defence for plagiarizing his doctoral thesis. In France, Foreign Minister Michèle Aliot-Marie just resigned from a holiday in Tunisia when the riots started and be feted by a businessman friend of the deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Even leaving aside the scandals, there emerges the sense of crisis of leadership, which is also seen in some national polls, with Zapatero tumbling in every barometer of the CIS and Sarkozy trying to draw the attention of the French with successive changes of government to its low popularity.
The Europeans do not place their hopes in the future. On which is just around the corner in the next 12 months, 47% believe the economy will be "worse" or "much worse." Already ten years, remains the same percentage. Just change that 31% now predicts that by 2012 the financial situation remains "equal", it becomes 18% when asked about the next decade.
It is curious that the Spanish are the second most optimistic in the short term (after the Germans, who have begun a clear recovery), and more optimistic for 2021, although his is the brunt of these five economies. To within 12 months, 32% of Germans hoped that the economy is "much better" or "somewhat better", even if 36% of them anticipate that the "same" and 30% "worse" or "much worse." Among the Spanish, who are overwhelmingly black next year, with 38% who think that nothing will change and a 40% worse, 20% are hopeful.
When it comes to saying how they perceive the economic future of the citizens within a decade, optimists become solid majority: 57% believe that then the economy will be "much better" or "somewhat better", followed closely by Poles (44%) compared with 20% of Germans, 26% of Britons and 12% of French, were the most pessimistic about the near and medium term.
The resigned attitude of Europeans towards the need to reduce government spending suggests the magnitude of the malaise that has created the crisis affecting the pillars of the welfare state. But there is division over whether it is better to apply now cuts to reduce debt or consolidate recovery first start after losing weight on public spending.
42% favor the first option, with the Germans in the lead, and 41% of the second, leading the British. Only 10% were reluctant to reduce public spending. Spain is separated from the average: 17% is directly contrary to the cuts, followed by 14% of Poles. This result suggests that Polish and Spanish, which have a social status with fewer benefits than the Germans, French and, to a lesser extent Britain, are more reluctant to continue docking, have less, and therefore more to lose in comparison, but that resistance is a minority in all countries.
Another similar question is posed question but here it is to ascertain the degree of agreement with a given premise: "The Government must ensure that the economy recovers before starting to cut public spending." When made well, the vast majority (59%) is fully or rather agree with this idea, which, as before, especially defending the British (63%) and Poles (65%), the most hostile to chew everyone's money as a first solution.
The high debt crisis that has led to the States is one of the main concerns of citizens, especially in Poland, France and Spain, in that order. For Spain has been and still is-particularly dramatic, the weak point, along with the very high unemployment, which has led to moments of panic about the possibility of following the same path as Greece and Ireland.
When solving the debt problem, however, only half of the Spanish believed that "the government should focus on reducing the national debt by cutting public spending," as Polish and British. The Germans (71%), followed by French (62%) are, again, the more determined to sacrifice the public to avoid what they believe is a greater evil, the debt.
This trend is reinforced when one looks at who denies that the government should focus on this issue, 31% of Poles, followed by Spanish and British, both with 27%, suggesting again that in these resistance losing benefits is higher than in Germany or France. In any case, the model seems to be blurring because of the crisis, and the resignation of the majority.
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