According to a survey conducted by Inscop Research, over 70% of Romanians believe that “The election of the president is strongly influenced by the hostile actions of other states. ”
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According to the survey, 60.9% of Romanians believe that things in Romania are heading in the wrong direction, while 28% think they are going in a good direction, and 11.1% do not know or do not answer.
However, 89.7% of Romanians believe that it is in the national interest that Romania will remain in the EU and NATO, while 6.4% are of contrary opinion. The share of non-response is 3.9%.
Ask if Romania’s belonging to the European Union limits the national sovereignty too much, 40.6% agree, while 51.6% say no. 7.8% do not know or do not answer.
Protecting economic interests in the EU
80.7% of Romanians believe that in order to protect their economic interests, Romania should negotiate more favorable conditions within the European Union, 10% do nothing, because economic and national interests are protected. Only 4.8% I think Romania should leave the European Union. The share of non-response is 4.5%.
Those questioned have been asked and how they consider it to be the level of foreign investments in Romania compared to the European Union countries.
Therefore, 8.4% of the survey participants believe that it is much higher, 9.3% higher, 26.3% slightly lower, 24.4% much lower, and 21.3% approximately. 10.2% do not know or do not answer.
In terms of foreign investments in Romania, 67.9% of Romanians would like them to grow, 14.8% would like to decrease, and 14.5% will remain the same. The share of non-response is 2.8%.
Also here, 71.1% of respondents generally have a good opinion about multinational companies investing in Romania, while 24.6% have a bad opinion. 4.3% do not know or do not answer.
Asked about EU companies investing in Romania, 73.6% of respondents have a good opinion in general, while 18.3% have a bad opinion. The share of non-response is 8.1%.
Romanian companies
Ask what they think about the Romanian companies that invest in other countries, 61.5% of those questioned have a good opinion, while 29.6% have a bad opinion. 8.9% do not know or do not answer.
Also, 82.1% have a good opinion about the Romanian companies that extend to the EU, while 12% have a bad opinion. The share of non-response is 5.9%.
Ask if I agree with the statement “The Government of Romania should promote the same rules for Romanian companies and for foreign companies. ”49.7% of the respondents agree.
46.4% express their agreement with the statement “The Romanian Government should promote preferential rules for the support of Romanian companies, even if this would discourage the investments of foreign/multinational companies“3.9% do not know or do not answer.
Ask if Romania would have to win if there were several state -owned companies on the domestic market, 56.2% believe that yes, while 38.7% I think Romania would have to win if there were several private companies on the domestic market. The share of non-response is 5.1%.
62.9% of Romanians believe that there is a risk that some foreign/multinational companies will leave Romania in the next period. 30.6% I think there is no risk, 6.2% do not know/ cannot appreciate, and 0.3% do not answer this question.
Ask if Romania would have to lose if there would be few foreign/multinational companies on the domestic market, and 39.6% believe that Romania would have to win in such a scenario, and 7.3% do not know or do not answer.
In the opinion of 30.5% of the respondents, the most important condition for a company to be considered a Romanian campaign is for that company to pay its taxes in Romania.
The condition that most employees are Romanian is the most important for 20.5% of those interviewed. 18.3% mention to have Romanian shareholders/ owners, 16.9% the brand/ brand to be Romanian, and 9.1% to have the headquarters in Romania. 2.1% indicates another condition, 2.5% do not know / cannot appreciate, and 0.1% do not answer.
In the opinion of 77.8% of those interviewed, it is in the national interest of Romania for the state to support foreign companies that pay taxes and taxes in Romania. 20.0% are of the opposite opinion, and 2.2% do not know or do not answer.
Also, 61% of those interviewed believe that it is in the national interest of Romania for the state to support the Romanian companies that want to invest abroad. 35.4% are of the opposite opinion, and 3.6% do not know or do not answer.
Ask if he considers that it is in the national interest of Romania for the state to support the foreign companies that collaborate with the Romanian companies, 79.5% agree, and 17.5% are of the opposite opinion, and 3% do not know or do not answer.
77.2% of Romanians consider that it is in the national interest of Romania for the Romanian state to support the Romanian companies that want to purchase foreign companies in Romania. 19% are of opposite opinion, and 3.8% do not know or do not answer.
Control over political decisions
In the political chapter, 15.8% of Romanians believe that “Romania has full control over its political decisions”, 25.8% to a large extent, 24.4% to quite a small extent and 29.5% to a very small extent or not at all. 4.5% do not know or do not answer.
A weak score was also registered with the question whether “Romania has full control over its economic decisions”, only 11.3% agree to a large extent, 23.9% to a large extent, 29% to quite a small extent and 29.9% to a very small extent or not at all. 5.9% do not know or do not answer.
12.6% of Romanians believe that “the law is applied equally for all citizens” to a large extent, 17.2% to a large extent, 25.9% to quite a small extent and 42.6% to a very small extent or not at all. 1.7% do not know or do not answer.
Also, 40.9% of Romanians believe that “the election of the president depends only on the vote of the citizens” to a large extent, 24.6% to a large extent, 12.6% to quite a small extent and 19.6% to a very small extent or not at all. 2.3% do not know or do not answer.
Regarding the elections, 32.6% of Romanians believe that “the election of the president is strongly influenced by the hostile actions of other states” to a large extent, 28.5% to a large extent, 17.1% to quite a small extent and 18.1% to a very small extent or not at all. 3.7% do not know or do not answer.
Ask what is at this moment the biggest problem of Romania, 44% of the respondents chose the variant “Corruption that amplifies the injustices in society”, 21.8% “political instability and its effects on the good governance”, 17.2% “the precarious state of democracy that limits the freedom of people to choose the president”, and 15% “. 1.9% do not know or do not answer.
Military expenses
In the context in which lately, Europe is discussed that Europe will reduce its military addiction to the US and NATO by increasing defense expenses, respondents have been asked if they would agree with such a perspective for Romania to defend their sovereignty in the event of military aggression. 76.2% support such an increase in defense expenses, while 21.1% oppose, and 2.7% do not know or do not answer.
The effect of withdrawal of NATO troops on the security of Romania
77.1% of Romanians believe that withdrawal of NATO troops from Eastern Europe would affect the national security of Romania, while 20.3% share the contrary opinion and 2.6% do not know or do not respond.
The Institute of Probation Inscop is owned by the sociologist Remus Ioan Stefureac and Ada Cornea Luca.
The survey was conducted by Inscop Research at the command of the Concordia Patron Confederation. The data were collected between March 13 and 17, 2025. Research method: Sociological investigation through the questionnaire. The data were collected by the CATI method (telephone interviews), the volume of the stratified multi-systemic sample being 1000 persons, representative on the significant socio-demographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the uninstitutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 years and over. The maximum allowed error of the data is ± 3.1 %, to a degree of 95 %.
