Poles trust EU and courts more, church less
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According to a survey carried out by IBRiS commissioned by the Polish Rzeczpospolita daily, the Catholic Church has reported the biggest loss of public confidence compared to 2017 – only 39.5 percent of respondents declare trust in this institution (as much as 13 percent less than two years ago).
Another institution with a decreasing level of trust is NATO, to which trust has fallen by almost 9 percent.
The European Union has the largest increase in confidence – by 11 percent. At the beginning of 2020, 68 percent of respondents declared confidence in the EU. Thus, the EU places itself at the top of all public institutions in terms of the level of trust and strengthens its position in the electorates of all political parties.
The next institutions with increasing levels of trust are the army, the courts, and the media. Interestingly, the level of trust in private media (radio, television, internet, newspapers) is definitely higher among all respondents (over 50 percent) than to the public that is state-owned (34.4 percent).
