Civil servants the most optimistic of financial future, farmers the least, poll finds
An opinion poll commissioned by GSEE, the country’s umbrella union for public sector employees, found that 89% of Greeks believe austerity will continue because of existing obligations, Metron Analysis said in Thessaloniki on Thursday.
The sample consisted of 1,003 people aged 18 or over, polled between August 28 and 30. It was weighted for gender, age and voting preference in the September 2015 elections.
According to Metron Analysis president Stratos Fanaras, although the overall sense about the country’s future remains negative (67% of the sample believes the country is going in the wrong direction), there is a slight improvement from earlier polls. A total of 27% believe the country is going in the right direction, over earlier results (20-21%).
In terms of the future based on employment sector, the most optimistic group was that of civil servants (40%) and the most pessimistic that of farmers (74%).
In terms of the completion of Greece’s third fiscal adjustment program, 30% thought this would have positive repercussions, 41% said it would have neither positive nor negative ones, and 25% thinks it will be negative. The most important differentiation between the two is the factor of employment, with civil servants being more optimistic.
“We are in essence speaking of two worlds with different speeds, something which places the greater issue squarely among the labor movement’s priorities,” Fanaras said.
A total of 83% wanted the prime minister to meet regularly with employee and employer representatives to exchange views and work together on issues relating to the job market. Some 24% believe that the prime minister avoids such meetings because he can’t meet their demands, another 17% believe it’s not part of his job, 11% believe he doesn’t care and 6% believe Greece’s fiscal partners won’t let him.
Source: amna-mpa
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