Optimism spite of (euro) pessimism and cold

In late December, 31% of Bulgarians do not feel Europeans a year ago their share was 32 percent, in the year of Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union (EU) – 31% *. If evropesimizmat reduced each year by 1%, Bulgarians will feel real to Europeans only in 2040! Currently only 23% believe that Europeans are not only for geographical reasons, while 39 percent of them like if Bulgaria is part of the EU or not. May of the drinking cup of cold water, our optimism (O) becomes ever more empty.

Negative associations of Bulgarian EU average are mostly related to things like crime and high prices. Uncle Ivan does not care about the problems of late because his boss over a half year payments under EU projects already approved it. For Uncle Ivan is more important that he could travel only with his identity card and even moved to live and work in another country where they receive higher wages and insurance. Yeah, I keep it only us that here is no stranger to stranger, but will weigh in his place. In other words, it is the EU a good thing, unless it is in Bulgaria … The crisis, however, killed the few remaining evrooptimizam. Much of our foreign trade and foreign direct investment coming from member states of the community, and they shrugged their. The principle of connected vessels there was no way not to pass the drop and Bulgaria.
Opportunities to work abroad suddenly decreased and even migrants from Bulgarian origin have decided it is high time to rediscover Bulgaria. A walking abroad for the last year became increasingly rare.
And what exactly does this benefit to the EU are already asking Uncle Ivan. Now do not ask for a driver in Germany, no money to bring his wife on holiday in Italy and his boss stopped long trips abroad, because the company’s total budget goes wrong along with modernizations initiated nedoshli evropari … The biggest paradox is that while Bulgarians are rather pessimistic about their own future (54% of respondents in a poll of ASSA-M) to that of Bulgaria, he is more optimistic (62% of responses in the same poll) . On this he says pessimism optimism cracking, cracking and evroproblemite spite of the crisis! Bulgarian komleksiran is so desperate and did not think about it the situation will improve, but on behalf of that obviously rely on other, perhaps new management, a better European future or anything else with magic to „do okay.
Yes, maybe it is important to be pessimistic, optimistic, despite everything that surrounds them. At least the principle of suggestion, and sometimes good things happen. So every morning as you wake up, I repeat the mantra: I am a Bulgarian, I am European, I can not work in Bulgaria, and elsewhere, but chose to stay here because I will be better and yet to good things happen. And just see the magic happen …

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* Data are from a study of the sociological agency ASSA-M on behalf of MEP Iliana Iotova public attitudes of the Bulgarians at the end of the third year of Bulgaria’s accession to the EU.

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