Hairdressers inspire greater trust than politicians

A recent survey showed that Romanians place little trust in their politicians. Andrei Postelnicu explains: "The Church is the institution in which the people place most trust, yet even so, priests ranked only seventh, behind firemen, pilots, scientists, doctors and chemists. This should make Patriarch Daniel think; he ranked only 47th among Romania's public figures. Politicians, too, received a blow - their profession came last in position 30, far behind bus drivers and hairdressers. ... Among film and sport celebrities, Nadia Comaneci and Gica Hagi, stars from times gone by, occupied the leading positions. To put it simply, the ranking shows that Romanians are taking refuge in nostalgia and fantasy worlds - the present is having to make way for the past."

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