





96.5% of Romanian peasants never received European funds while 61% think they cannot
The Barometer points out that only 5.6% of the respondents plan to work abroad this year. Regarding spare time, 82.4% of respondents spend it watching television while 89.5% never accessed the Internet.
The data reveals that almost half of the respondents know about European Union funds and 69.7% consider Romania's membership a positive thing. However, 0.5% received European funds but data shows that 70% of them are not interested in getting funds for the moment.
What is more, compiled data points out that 82.8% of the peasants trust the local priest most while 80.5% trust their doctors. Only 5.6% of them wish to work abroad while 6% would like to visit countries abroad.
The Barometer was set up during November-December 2007 and counted the views of some 1,500 persons, aged 18+, living in the countryside.