Fanourgiakis John, Kanoupakis Emmanuel
Hellenic Open University, Parodos Aristotelous, Patras, Greece
University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Int J Health Serv. 2016 Oct;46(4):642-55. doi: 10.1177/0020731416660963. Epub 2016 Aug 4.
On January 1, 1981, Greece became the tenth member of the European Economic Community and, 20 years later, on January 1, 2001, joined the euro area. In May of 2010 and February of 2012, Greece signed the first and the second economic adjustment programs and adopted austerity policies throughout the public sector in order to avoid the economic collapse, affecting residents' income and health status. We studied the questionnaires of polls conducted in Greece before the elections of the European Parliament (May 25, 2014) and the "Europeans 2014" Eurobarometer's survey in March of 2014. The responses of Greek voters from the Greek polls were alarming, pointing out their declining personal economic situation and Greece's national economic situation, with a sense that the country was heading in the wrong direction, declaring themselves unsatisfied and insecure. The responses of Greek voters from the "Europeans 2014" survey were even more alarming. Health was the first priority for the voters. As the Greek polls and the Eurobarometer's survey forecasted, but more significantly as the results of the Euro-elections showed, Greek voters preferred to put their hopes in something new.
1981年1月1日,希腊成为欧洲经济共同体的第十个成员国,20年后的2001年1月1日,希腊加入欧元区。2010年5月和2012年2月,希腊签署了第一和第二个经济调整计划,并在整个公共部门采取了紧缩政策,以避免经济崩溃,这影响了居民的收入和健康状况。我们研究了在欧洲议会选举(2014年5月25日)之前在希腊进行的民意调查的问卷,以及2014年3月的“2014年欧洲人”欧洲晴雨表调查。希腊民意调查中希腊选民的回答令人担忧,指出他们个人经济状况和希腊国家经济状况在下降,感觉国家正朝着错误的方向发展,宣称自己不满意且没有安全感。“2014年欧洲人”调查中希腊选民的回答更令人担忧。健康是选民的首要优先事项。正如希腊民意调查和欧洲晴雨表调查所预测的,但更重要的是正如欧洲选举结果所显示的,希腊选民更愿意把希望寄托在新事物上。