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Eurobarometer: Slovenians satisfied with life, less with domestic and EU developments

by AI | 16.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, Slovenians are the most satisfied with life in general in the twenty years since the country became a full member of the EU.

Slovenians are the most satisfied with life after the latest Eurobarometer survey in 20 years of membership in the association. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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Brussels – As many as 94 percent of Slovenians, the most since Slovenia became an EU member, are satisfied with their lives in general, but slightly less satisfied with the developments at home and in the EU, according to the results of the latest Eurobarometer public opinion survey. Among the biggest challenges for Slovenia, they see healthcare, and for the EU, the war in Ukraine. Slovenians trust the European connection less than other Europeans.

According to the Eurobarometer survey, Slovenians recorded the highest level of life satisfaction in the twenty-year period since the country became a full member of the EU. Only six percent of Slovenians are dissatisfied. With 94 percent satisfaction, Slovenia ranks above the average of the twenty-seven EU countries, where 86 percent of Europeans are satisfied with their lives.

Among Slovenians, the prevailing opinion is that events in the country are not going in the right direction, according to 65 percent of respondents. A quarter of respondents hold the opposite opinion. One-tenth of Slovenians are undecided, shows the autumn Eurobarometer survey. Slovenians have a very similar view on the current course of things in the EU. A quarter of respondents believe that things are going in the right direction, while 61 percent believe that they are going in the wrong direction.

At the EU level, the share of respondents who believe things are going in the right direction is noticeably higher at 36 percent, but most respondents remain pessimistic, as 51 percent of Europeans on average assess that things in the EU are not going in the right direction.

Slovenians, as the most important on the list of current challenges facing Slovenia, similarly to spring, highlight the field of healthcare (41 percent). In second place are rising prices, inflation, and living costs (21 percent), and housing issues, which, according to Slovenians, have intensified since spring. (December 14)

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