TIRANA, April 28 – Ipsos’ Global Trends 2020 survey conducted in 33 countries across the world, shows that 77 percent and 78 percent of people in Albania and Romania, respectively, wish their countries were run by a strong leader instead of the current elected government. According to the survey results, the two countries top the long list, followed by South Africa and Great Britain.
Compared to other Western Balkan countries such as Montenegro and Serbia, at least 10 percent more Albanian people express their preference towards a stronger leader over the current government; the survey shows that 66 percent of Montenegrin citizens wish their governments were run by stronger leaders, while in Serbia only 44 percent do.
However, a whooping 62 percent of people would not like for Albania to return to the way it was, despite current dissatisfaction. These results are indicative that Albanians would like change rather than receding to their old ways. Furthermore, the majority of Albanians believe that unequal wealth distribution is bad for society, as do the rest of the countries in the survey.
Ipsos’s Global Trend survey outlines some of the headlines from more than 370 questions asked across 33 countries, highlighting the world’s values and trends. Using advanced analytics and expert analysis on this huge data set, the report identified 12 trends and 36 values that will dominate the world in the 2020s, including climate emergency, reactions to uncertainty and inequality, peak globalisation and more.
