More than half of people living in democracies believe that their freedoms have been severely restricted due to the health crisis.
At the same time, according to a survey published on Wednesday (5/5), 58% of citizens are satisfied with the way their governments have dealt with the pandemic.
The poll, which polled more than 50,000 people from 53 countries, also concluded that Few more than half of respondents consider their country to be democratic, although many believe that economic inequalities and the power of big tech giants threaten democracy.
Despite the fact that the majority of respondents approve, as reported by the Athens News Agency, of the way their governments dealt with the covid-19 pandemic, 53% believe that their personal freedoms have been severely restricted due to lockdowns.
«We must now get out of the covid-19 pandemic by offering more democracy and freedom to the peopleSaid Anders Fogh Rasmussen, head of the Alliance of Democracies, which conducted the survey with Latana.
Economic inequalities are the biggest threat to democracy
About 64% of respondents said that economic inequality is the biggest threat to democracy. Respondents in the US expressed the greatest concern about the influence of big tech giants in democracy.
Nearly half of those polled worldwide said they were worried about US influence in their country, while 38% said they were worried about Chinese influence and 27% said they were worried about Russian influence.
The country’s influence in democracies around the world has improved since the election of Joe Biden. In Europe, however, the influence of Russia, China and the United States is largely negative.
Overall, 62% of respondents estimated that social media has a positive impact on democracy in their country.
Most of the 53 countries surveyed are multi-party democracies, with citizens from China, Venezuela, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia also taking part.
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