Half of Romanians believe democracy is under threat
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A total of 58% of Romanians think democracy is under threat in the country, a new polling report, published by the Open Society Foundations, showed.
Furthermore, the generation born before 1946 is more pessimistic about the topic, with 63% holding the view that democracy is under threat.
The report examines attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe towards the freedoms won in 1989. The polling was carried out by YouGov in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, among 12,537 respondents, between August and September of this year.
At the same time, 54% of the Romanians surveyed think elections are generally not free and fair. This is the second highest percentage among polled countries after Bulgaria, where 76% believe the same. In neighbouring Hungary, 52% believe elections are not free and fair.
When it comes to rule of law, 68% of the respondents in Romania thought that this was under threat. Overall, in most countries, more than 60 percent of respondents polled (and half of respondents in Germany) believed the rule of law to be under threat. The figures were highest in Bulgaria (74%) and Slovakia (70%), followed by Romania and Poland (64%).
