Post 15: concerns of the citizens

This year’s list of concerns of Europe’s citizens is dominated by the financial and economic crisis. Despite being temporarily knocked from first place last year, problems on the labor market have climbed back up to first place in the list of concerns, as anxieties have grown. This is one of the findings of GfK “Challenges of Europe”, a survey carried out annually on behalf of GfK Association. There has been a very steep rise in the level of anxiety about economic stability. Whereas the issue did not appear in the European top ten in 2008, it is now the second biggest concern. Conversely, worries about prices and purchasing power development have eased this year. Unemployment is also the number one concern in Germany as well as Spain.