Roughly 81% of Romanians believe the country is heading in the wrong way, according to an Avangarde poll conducted nationwide between June 9 and June 16. At the same time, 14% of respondents said the direction is a good one, while 5% were unsure or did not answer.<\/p>\n
Around 88% of the participants in the survey also said that Romania must install a government quickly to not prolong the current political crisis. In response to the same question, 9% of Romanians said that the current political crisis should be prolonged, while 3% do not know or did not answer.<\/p>\n
According to the poll, 37% of those interviewed said that their greatest fear regarding the coming period is a possible economic crisis. Some 21% mentioned their children\u2019s future, 13% the escalation of the war in Ukraine, 9% health problems, 5% hatred in society, 12% other causes, and 3% do not know or did not answer.<\/p>\n
The Avangarde poll was conducted using the CATI method (telephone interview) on 1,008 subjects, representing the adult (18 years and older), non-institutionalized population of Romania.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The current political crisis began in May, when the centrist coalition backing the Ilie Bolojan government<\/a> crumbled, and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) voted alongside the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) to bring down the Liberal-led executive.\u00a0<\/p>\n Another Avangarde poll<\/a> released earlier this month revealed that Romanians do not want an independent prime minister to lead a government formed from the former coalition, supporting early elections instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n