
IQCE Policy Brief No. 9 by Iryna SabatPolicy responses and people’s perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic
15 September 2020
IQCE Policy Brief No. 9, September 2020: "Policy responses and people’s perceptions during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Iryna Sabat
Key Findings
• Citizens were overall satisfied with their vernment‘s response to the COVID-19 outbreak
• A north-south pattern across the EU states was observed in public opinion, worries and trust
• COVID-19 pandemic acted as a stressor, causing health and economic anxieties
• Containment policies offered lessons for the design of lockdown exit strategies