Fifty percent of Central-Europeans are pessimistic

Almost 50% of Poles, Czechs and Slovaks fear that the world crisis will affect their families’ future, according to the March-results of a poll released by CBOS.

 Forty-eight percent of Poles, 49% of Czechs and 46% of Slovaks believe that the current crisis will adversely affect their life, Polish news agency PAP quoted the poll results as saying. Twenty-three percent of Polish residents, 26% of residents of the Czech Republic and 34% of Slovakia’s residents admit they have already felt the effects of the recession. The survey was conducted in March on a sample of 979 Poles, 1,029 Slovaks and 1,086 Czechs.