Market Links poll: Radev government has 50% approval rating
Prime Minister Roumen Radev’s government, which took office on May 8, has an approval rating of 50 per cent and a disapproval rating of 24 per cent, according to a poll by the Market Links agency, the results of which were released on May 28.
The approval rating of the new government is a record high, but is powered almost entirely by the figure of Radev, and not by the capacity of the Cabinet ministers, according to the agency.
“All the results speak very clearly to the fact that the central figure of Mr. Radev drives the political capital of this new government. For the moment, nothing else can be said to have a significant contribution,” Market Links’s Dobromir Zhivkov told bTV.
Radev personally has a record 56 per cent approval rating, against 22 per cent disapproval, remaining the only political leader with a positive net rating, perceived as a unifying figure after years of deepening political division.
Seventy-five per cent of those polled expect the government to implement judicial reform, while 56 per cent believe that its actions will strengthen Bulgaria’s position in the EU.
“This administration is burdened with very high expectations,” Zhivkov said.
“The point is that if these expectations are not met, there will be a serious implosion. It probably would not be quick, but smooth, but still these expectations must be met to some extent. The public reaction will not be long in coming,” he said.
Approval of the National Assembly has tripled, from six per cent in April to 19 per cent, emerging from record lows, although its approval rating remains below that of the government.
The fight against corruption and reforming the justice system, not prices, are perceived as the main problems.
The majority of those polled are against new government debt, with only 11 per cent accepting the idea of borrowing to pay for salaries and pensions, while 70 per cent insist on optimising government spending first.
The poll was done from May 16 to 27 and co-financed by bTV and Market Links. It was done among 1008 people, through direct personal interviews and online polling.
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