According to results from the Eurobarometer, Greeks are one of the most pessimistic societies in the EU. It looks like the most pessimistic ones are the Portuguese and the Hungarians though. In the European statistic, Bulgaria is among the most optimistic countries in the EU when it comes to the economic development perspectives of the EU and the country itself.

Greeks are undermining their national economy – only 10% of them believe that the economy is in good condition and only 8% are satisfied by the situation of the job market. In it interesting to add the Dutch in the equation, who are 91% satisfied with their jobs and believe that the job market is functioning well.

Slovakia, Holland, Denmark, and Finland are among the most positive countries when it comes to economic affairs. A little better is the situations for Greeks when it comes to their personal lives – 46% of them are satisfied with the condition in their family. 37% of Greeks are happy with their job but the percentage is not that high if we compare it to answers given by the average European – in average 56% of all Europeans answer that they are happy with their professional development. Even though the Greek positive answers percentage is increasing, it is still lower than the average for the European level.

The research reached another interesting conclusion – all European countries, except Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, think that the economic situation of the EU is pessimistic. Only the three mentioned countries show a positive index—in other words they have optimistic expectations from the EU. Also they are the ones least pessimistic when it comes to the economic development in Europe and around the world. The Hungarians are most pessimistic in the EU in their expectations for next year about the job and financial situations in their families.

The inflation and the economic development are the biggest worries for Europeans from 9 countries, among which Greece is taking second place with 51% and Holland is first with 64%. 50% of the EU citizens are worried about the sudden increase in prices. In the last years, Europeans have been most worried about unemployment, criminality, and emigration. Here is the place to mention that 69% of Greeks believe that the EU is not going in a good direction. More than half of the Europeans think that the expansion of the EU during 2004 with 10 more country members did not influence the Union in a good way. 2/3 of them believe that the Berlin wall fall influenced the EU positive.

Regarding the EU budget, Greeks are leading the ranking with 65% with the belief that the euro funds need to be invested in economic growth and in agricultural development. Lithuania, Bulgaria, and Hungary believe the same. Fact is also the Greek change in disposition regarding the acceptance of the Euro in the country and the advantage of the EU membership. Right now, 6 out of 10 people are positive when it comes to accepting the Euro because they believe it is a stable currency, which will endure the economic crisis. Now is the place where we have to mention that the research was done in October when the credit hurricane was coming up. In comparison, we have to add that until the spring of 2007 the Greek opinion of the Euro was 50%-50% - for and against.

Also, 80% of them are positive about the common European policies and about the common European defense policies. These percentages are the highest among the 25 country members of the Union.