Russian President Vladimir Putin, former US President Donald Trump, King Charles and US President Joe Biden are the most popular among Romanians.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is second to last in the ranking, and Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, is the last, according to a survey conducted by INSCOP on behalf of News.ro. it turns out that 99.5% of respondents have heard of Putin, and 71.7% – about von der Leyen.

King Charles leads the way in terms of trust with a share of 56.2%, followed by Maya Sandu, Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden. The penultimate place is occupied by Donald Trump, the last place is taken by Vladimir Putin with a trust rating of 11.4%.

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99.5% of Romanians said they had heard of Vladimir Putin. The President of Russia is followed by former US President Donald Trump with 96.4% information, King Charles of Great Britain with 93.3% and Joe Biden, the current US President with 92.1%.

Continuing the rating are the President of France Emmanuel Macron with 89.1% popularity, the President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu with 79.3%, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen with 71.7% and Olaf. Scholz, Chancellor of Germany with 65.9%.

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The King of Great Britain Charles leads the trust rating with 56.2% a lot and a lot of trust. The British monarch is followed by Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, with 34% trust very, very much and Emmanuel Macron, President of France, with 32%.

The US President Joe Biden with a trust capital of 27.6%, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with 26.8% and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen with 25.9% continue the rating.

Former US President Donald Trump is highly trusted by 21.5% of respondents, Russian President Vladimir Putin by 11.4%.

In particular, Joe Biden is highly trusted by people over 45, people with college degrees, white-collar workers, urbanites, and those without social media accounts.

Men, people over 45 and educated people trust Macron, Sand and Scholz

French President Emmanuel Macron is most trusted by men, people over 45, people with higher education, employees and people with a high income level.

Maya Sandu is especially trusted by: men, people over 45 years old, people with higher education, employees, city dwellers, people with high wealth.

Men, people over 45, people with higher education, employees, people with a high income level trust Olaf Scholz more than the rest of the population.

King Charles of Great Britain is highly trusted, especially by the following population categories: men, people over 45, people with higher education, passively inactive, white-collar workers, urban dwellers, people with a high income level.

They trust Donald Trump a lot, especially: men, young people under 30 and workers.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is most trusted by people with higher education, workers, high-income earners, and state employees.

In the case of Vladimir Putin, the distribution of answers (a low share of those who trust a lot and very much) does not allow for segmentation according to basic socio-demographic criteria.

• The survey was conducted by INSCOP Research on behalf of News.ro Press Agency. The data were collected from February 22 to 29 by the CATI method (telephone interviews), using a questionnaire. The size of the simple stratified sample is 1100 people, representative of significant socio-demographic categories (gender, age, profession) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania aged 18 and over. The maximum permissible data error is ± 2.95% with a confidence level of 95%.