However, the proportion of Poles who trust public media (35%) is still far outweighed by those who distrust it (48%).
However, the proportion of Poles who trust public media (35%) is still far outweighed by those who distrust it (48%).
Distrust in the courts is now much higher than when the government took office promising to restore the rule of law.
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Only 35% of Poles now say they trust the church, down from 58% in 2016.
Almost 90% of politicians appearing on TVP’s main evening news discussion show were from the ruling coalition.
Poles’ trust in all institutions has declined since last year, with the police seeing the largest fall.
Poles’ most trusted news sources were RMF, Polsat and TVN.
Since 2016, Poles’ trust in NATO, the army and the EU has risen significantly, but fallen for church, police and constitutional court.
Just 36% of Poles trust TVP, while 46% distrust it.
While trust rose after Law and Justice came to power in 2015, it dropped sharply in 2020.
Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, has overtaken President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
The church has recorded the biggest drop in trust since 2017.