According to the report, at least one third of respondents in Central and Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe, the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Central Asia blame the West for the crisis (70% in Slovakia and Serbia, 60% in the Czech Republic and some 30% in Russia).
Over the past five years (2010-2006), support for democracy and free markets decreased in new EU member states, Western Balkans and Turkey, while it increased in most CIS countries, reads the report.
In Romania, about 60% of households were significantly affected by the crisis, of which 14% were successful in their attempt to borrow formally and 15% were unsuccessful, shows the report.
Less than 20% of Romanians who lost their jobs managed to access unemployment benefits, compared with 50% in Germany and Sweden and over 40% in Hungary and the Czech Republic.
The Romanian economy’s exposure to the eurozone stands at 16% of the GDP (exports), 21% of the GDP (external debt) and 21% of the GDP (foreign direct investments), according to EBRD data.