Paphos People

An overwhelming majority of Cypriots believe EU actions led to difficulties paying the bills, a Eurobarometer survey published on Tuesday revealed.

With 504 face-to-face interviews for the 2023 spring survey carried out between March 3 and 17 this year, the results showed a higher than EU average positive response to the question of whether actions of the EU impact daily life on the matter of paying bills.

A total of 91 per cent responded ‘most of the time’, 93 per cent said ‘from time to time’ while 82 per cent said ‘almost never / never.’ This is a stark difference compared to the EU average at 68 per cent for the first two categories, and 73 per cent for the latter.

The figures were the highest across the bloc.

Cyprus also had the second-lowest responses which said they were not satisfied with the measures of their government to tackle cost of living. Specifically, 84 per cent they were not satisfied with Cyprus government moves to tackle rising food or energy prices, leaving 14 per cent saying they were satisfied – and the remaining responding they don’t know.

The figures are a long way away from the EU average, with 65 per cent saying they were not satisfied and 33 per cent feeling satisfied.

An 82 per cent of Cypriots are also not satisfied with EU measures to tackle the cost of living crisis – a big step up from the EU average at 57 per cent.

Where the EU policy on supporting Ukraine is concerned, 59 per cent of Cypriots said they were satisfied, a figure lower than the bloc’s average at 69 per cent.

Despite the high prices Cyprus also registered the highest year-on-year increase in retail trade volume among EU member states, according to data for April 2023 released by Eurostat.

In April 2023, compared to the same month last year, the highest increases in total retail trade volume were observed in Cyprus (+9.4 per cent), Spain (+7.8 per cent) and Luxembourg (+6.0 per cent).

Compared with March 2023, in April 2023 the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade remained unchanged in the euro area and increased by 0.1 per cent in the EU.

In the euro area in April 2023, compared with March 2023, the volume of retail trade increased by 0.5 per cent for nonfood products, while it decreased by 0.5 per cent for food, drinks and tobacco and by 2.3 per cent for automotive fuels.

In the EU, the volume of retail trade rose by 0.6 per cent for non-food products, while it dropped by 0.4 per cent for food, drinks and tobacco and by 2.2 per cent for automotive fuels.

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Yes the EU is to blame for a great amount but the parasitic behaviour of the local politicians to lick the butt for money and fire the prices and directive down the line to the workers is abhorrent. Time for people to start looking after their own affairs, you cannot trust ANY of the governments they lie for a living and steal for fun.

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Straight talking, no Gimmicks.

Live your dreams.

Don't those figures suggest that more than 80% of the respondents ticked all three boxes?

Open to suggestions

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Go off grid with solar panels and batteries.

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Dave

I agree off grid would have many advantages but unless you dont own the land , have no municipal or village water , no internet , no mobile, no pension etc , etc then your on grid still, but you can go for a minimal reliance .
Solar panels for hot water and alectricity, a well for water , a "home biogas " unit for putting food scraps and sewerage in and getting out methane for gas stove , liquid fertilizer and solid / fibre fertilizer to feed your home grown vegetables . Possibly no septic tank as no sewage goes in but gray water needs to be used/ processed but i dont know what to do with that yet, hopefully irrigation, as almost no pharmaceutical/ chemical soaps and cleaners will be used . Your house to be of an insulated type with a range style cooker in the centre of house to serve as partial heating , none of this silly chimmney on the outside !what a waste of heat ! An undercover but outside kitchen for summer . Underground basement for storage of preserves and veg . Of course you , the couple will require an enormous skill set between you to make this possible.
I see this as the only course of action to minimise the impact of the new and restrictive society and delay its effects for as long as possible . Yes my wife and i have given this much thought.