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Tuesday, 19.03.2024, 07:42
Estonians trust major institutions more than Europeans on average
"Of the
institutions measured, Estonian citizens have the biggest trust in the police
and the armed forces – respectively 80% and 78% regard them as
trustworthy," Aivar Voog,
expert at pollster Emor, said.
Next come the legal
system with 62%, municipal authorities with 53% and the public administration
also with 53%. Of international institutions the European Union and the United
Nations top the list with respectively 44% and 43%. The government is trusted
by 43%, the parliament by 33% and political parties by 14% of residents.
Compared with a similar
survey conducted in fall 2015, trust in the Riigikogu and political
parties has declined somewhat. The biggest positive changes compared with fall
2015 took place in trust in municipal governments and the EU, which saw their
ratings climb respectively by 8% and 4%.
The Eurobarometer survey
85 was conducted in the 28 member states of the EU, the candidate countries
Turkey, former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, as
well as northern Cyprus. In Estonia 1,012 EU citizens living in the country
were interviewed.