Large shares in many countries are pessimistic about the next generation’s financial future
A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
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A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy is linked to concerns about the economy, the pandemic and social divisions.
Spain’s public is concerned about democracy, inequality and their children’s financial future. But views of the economy have rebounded overall.
In EU countries with higher unemployment, people are more pessimistic about job prospects. Youth unemployment and lack of economic growth are also factors.
Thirty years ago, a wave of optimism swept across Europe as walls and regimes fell, and long-oppressed publics embraced open societies, open markets and a more united Europe. Three decades later, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that few people in the former Eastern Bloc regret the monumental changes of 1989-1991.
Read key takeaways from a new survey that explores European attitudes three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Despite broadly positive sentiments among Germans about the changes of the past 30 years, views differ in some notable ways in the former West and East.
More countries still name the U.S. as the foremost economic power than say the same of China. And, even in nations that welcome China’s economic growth, few feel similarly about its growing military might.
From 1991 to 2010, the middle class expands in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, but, as in the United States, shrinks in Germany, Italy and Spain
Those surveyed are generally disgruntled about the state of their economy, and many are also pessimistic about the financial prospects of the next generation.
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