The Eurobarometer survey has enabled the measurement of significant movements in European public opinion since the start of the financial and economic crisis in 2008, and in particular a very significant deterioration in the indicators of public perceptions of the economic and employment situation.
According to the Eurobarometer survey, pessimism about the economic future of Greece is increasing, while 99% of Greeks believe that economic situation in Greece is getting worse.
Among the 27 EU Member States, there are more countries except for Greece such as Ireland, Spain (96%), Bulgaria (94%) and Portugal (92%) in which the optimism index for the next twelve months is negative, along with the Czech Republic and Hungary.
As far as Greece is concerned, the improvement recorded in autumn 2010 seems to have stopped (a -3 point decline in satisfaction with the current personal situation to 46%, and a one-point fall in the optimism index to -36).
Concerning household financial situation, in 20 Member States a majority are positive about their household financial situation (Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom). The seven countries where a majority are negative are Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Romania.
On the contrary, optimism has increased in Iceland (an 11-point rise in the index) and Croatia (+9), but there was a fairly significant decline in Turkey (-12).
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