Quantitative Research

Ten years on: how citizens see the crisis, institutions and Europe

Key findings of the Democrisis nationwide public opinion survey. Full results, broken down by gender, age, region and party preference, are in the report at the end of this page (in Greek).

SAMPLE
1,768 people, 17+
FIELDWORK
2–6 April 2024
METHOD
1,423 online · 345 by phone
MARGIN OF ERROR
±2.3% (95%)
CONDUCTED BY
About People

01 · THE CRISIS

For most people, the crisis is not over

74,3%

believe the country has not emerged from the crisis, although the third memorandum formally ended in 2019

93,6%

say the 2010–2019 crisis has affected the way they live today at least considerably (48.3% “very much”)

74,1%

view the fiscal adjustment memoranda negatively

Who is mainly responsible for the crisis and the memoranda?
Greek governments
41,9%
All of the above
40,4%
All of us / our mentality
12,3%
Foreign actors / the EU
4,3%

02 · INSTITUTIONS

Deep dissatisfaction with how institutions work

“Generally speaking, would you say you are satisfied or dissatisfied with…”

SatisfiedDissatisfiedOther / No answer
Quality of democracy27,9% · 70,8%
Parliament14,8% · 83,4%
Political parties8,3% · 89,6%
TV channels8,3% · 89,7%
Trade unions6,7% · 86,6%

03 · EUROPE

Yes to Europe, but not as an equal member

Support for EU membership remains strong. It coexists, however, with a sense of lost sovereignty and criticism of how the crisis was managed.

PRO-EUROPE
Support EU membership73,1%
Think the country has benefited from the EU62,3%
AND YET…
Think the country’s sovereignty is reduced or non-existent71,4%
Are dissatisfied with the EU’s handling of the crisis67,3%
Do not consider Greece an equal member of the EU61,7%

04 · THE 2015 REFERENDUM

A referendum that left its mark

55,9%

say the outcome of the referendum changed the way they see politics

42,7%

think the real question of the referendum was not clear

In what way did it affect you?

Base: those who said they were affected

I became disappointed
44,1%
I became distrustful
30,4%
I became cynical
11,6%
I became more uncompromising
7,4%
I stopped voting
3,3%

05 · POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

Cynicism, but no retreat from voting

85,2%

believe voting matters today

73,0%

agree that politicians “betrayed” citizens

51,0%

agree that ideologies no longer exist

50,4%

find no party or politician that represents them today

The full report

87 pages (in Greek) with every question, broken down by gender, age, education, region, left–right self-placement and vote.

Weighted by gender, age and the results of the 25 June 2023 parliamentary election. “Yes/rather yes” and “no/rather no” are combined. Questionnaire and analysis: Angelos Kontogiannis-Mandros, Costas Gousis.