{"id":8565,"date":"2026-01-26T08:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8565"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:01:27","slug":"three-in-four-romanians-believe-country-is-moving-in-the-wrong-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8565","title":{"rendered":"Three in four Romanians believe country is moving in the wrong direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than three-quarters (76%) of Romanians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 19% think it is moving in the right direction, according to a nationwide opinion poll conducted by CURS in January and cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/sondaj-curs-76-dintre-romani-considera-ca-romania-se-indreapta-intr-o-directie-gresita.html?mc_cid=ad0c48fb9a&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, AUR would rank first with 35% of the vote. PSD would follow with 23%, ahead of PNL at 18%. USR is credited with 10%, while UDMR and SOS Romania would each obtain 5%, the poll showed.<\/p>\n<p>According to CURS, former presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu is viewed positively by 36% of respondents, while 60% hold a negative opinion. AUR leader George Simion and president Nicu\u0219or Dan record similar trust levels, at 32% and 31% respectively, both facing distrust rates exceeding 60%.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also indicated that Liberal prime minister Ilie Bolojan and PSD president Sorin Grindeanu face high rejection levels of over 70%. SOS Romania leader Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 registers the highest level of distrust, at 80%.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the case of figures such as Dominic Fritz and Anamaria Gavril\u0103, a significant level of public unfamiliarity is noted, indicating limited national visibility. Overall, the data reflects a crisis of confidence in political leadership,\u201d CURS said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Among institutions, the Army, the Church, and the Fire Department enjoy the highest levels of trust, with positive ratings between 61% and 80%. The Police and the European Union slightly exceed the 50% threshold.<\/p>\n<p>At the opposite end, political and judicial institutions are evaluated predominantly negatively. Parliament and the Judiciary are rejected by 75% of respondents, the Government and the Constitutional Court by 73%, and the Presidency by 67%.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations for 2026 are largely pessimistic. Some 63% of respondents believe their economic situation and standard of living will worsen compared to 2025, while 29% expect stagnation. Only 7% anticipate an improvement, and 1% have no clear opinion, indicating a near-total lack of economic optimism, the authors note.<\/p>\n<p>On foreign policy, 56% of respondents say they would vote in favour of reunification with the Republic of Moldova in a potential referendum, a scenario publicly supported by Moldovan president Maia Sandu. A total of 37% would vote against, while 7% are undecided.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Radub85\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than three-quarters (76%) of Romanians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, while only 19% think it is moving in the right direction, according to a nationwide opinion poll conducted by CURS in January and cited by G4media.ro. If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, AUR would rank first with 35% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}