Trust Index: This Is How It Looks for Police, Justice, and Co

In general, trust in the institutions of the republic is greater than in the acting political figures. But as the current APA-OGM Trust Index shows, there are also winners and losers here. The biggest gains in trust are recorded by the police, the National Bank, and Statistics Austria. On the other hand, the ÖGK, PVA, the Medical Association, as well as the Austrian Armed Forces and the judiciary, had to accept losses.

Police at the top of the Trust Index

OGM head Wolfgang Bachmayer attributes the significant losses (minus eight points in the balance of trust and distrust) of the health insurance fund ÖGK to the high deficit and ongoing disputes with the Medical Association. The latter also had to accept a minus of five points, not least because of this, and is now only at seven in the balance. The losses at the Pension Insurance Institution (PVA, minus seven) are attributed by OGM to the pension issue. According to the pollster, the judiciary's loss of trust by six points is due to current decisions (Case Anna).

The armed forces also lost seven points but remain at a high level in the balance of trust and distrust (60 points). The police are in first place with a plus of eight points (69 balance). For years, according to the OGM head, the executive has been among the top 3 in trust and has regained first place due to the constantly increasing issues of security and crime. Other trust winners are the OeNB (plus seven) as well as the Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), although the latter still has a balance of minus eight in trust deficit.

Social media lagging in the Trust Index

Alongside the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV), the bottom performers in negative values (more people distrust them than trust them) are the European Union (minus nine), the media (minus twelve), the church (minus 33), and social media (minus 68).

According to Bachmayer, the Chamber of Labour, Ombudsman Board, Court of Audit, universities of applied sciences, and universities have been consistently at the top of trust for years. The Federal President (plus 21), the Parliament (plus 8), the state governments (plus 15), and the municipal councils (plus 31) can also be pleased with a positive balance.

(APA/Red)

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