Poles more optimistic than the Czechs, Slovaks and Hungarians
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Poles assess the state of their country's economy better than citizens of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, according to a recent poll conducted by CBOS in the Visegrád Group countries. Nonetheless, negative opinions about the economic situation prevail among Poles.
As much as 21 percent of Poles and 19 percent of the Czechs assesses positively the state of their countries' economies, compared with only 8 percent of Slovaks and 7 percent of Hungarians. On the other hand, 42 percent of Hungarians and 39 percent of Slovaks replied that the economic situation is bad, the opinion shared by 38 percent of the Czechs and 37 percent of Poles. Most Czechs (42 percent) think that the situation is neither bad, nor good, compared with 38 percent of Poles and 35 percent of Slovaks and Hungarians.
CBOS stresses that the Czech's sentiment has improved significantly since the last poll, while Hungarians are much more skeptical. The opinions of Poles and Slovaks have not changed radically since July 2014.
