77% of Romanians (up by 11%) say they do not have confidence in Parliament, whereas 75% do not have confidence in the Government (up by 13% against the spring issue), a new edition of the European Commission Eurobarometer informs.
Two thirds say the country is heading to a wrong direction, up by 10 points during the past six months.
76% of Romanians say the state of the economy is bad.
The confidence in televisions has grown in the past half year to 61%.
A recent survey of the European Commission was revealing that, 10 years after joining the European Union, Romania had one of the highest confidence rates and that the rule of law and the anti-corruption fight is related to the EU.
The survey was conducted by CSOP during November 5-12, 2017 on a sample of 1,062 people.
Published on Tuesday, December 19, the pan-European survey found that optimism for the future of the EU has gained ground in 18 member states, most notably in Cyprus (53%, +10%), Hungary (up 9% to 58%), Greece (+8% to 37%). But it has decreased in France and in Croatia.
Europeans are divided when evaluating the current situation of their national economy: 48% (+2% compared to spring 2017) consider it good, while 49% (-2%) describe it as bad. In Luxembourg, the positive perception of the national economy has decreased by 2% to 88% since spring.
In terms of expectations about economic prospects, both the proportions of those who think it will become better (27%) and those who are more pessimistic have increased (23%).
The freedom to live, work, study and do business anywhere in the EU is the most important policy for EU residents (81%), followed by a common defence and security policy (75%), a common energy policy (72%) and a common policy on migration (69%).
Support for the euro is the highest since spring 2004, at 74%, and 21% are against it across the EU. However, support for the European economic and monetary union has gone down remarkably in Luxembourg (-8% to 77%) since spring 2017.
The main concerns of Europeans are immigration (39%) and terrorism (38%). In Luxembourg, people are more concerned about terrorism (40%) than immigration, though the percentage is still very high (37%).