Political parties had the trust of 21 percent of the respondents in the survey, which was carried out in March. The parliament was trusted by 30 percent, the government by 39 percent and the prime minister by 40 percent of the polled.
At the top end of the scoreboard were the Rescue Board (95 percent), the border guard (85 percent), the Tax and Customs Board (81 percent) and the police (78 percent). Previous surveys too have shown the Rescue Board to be the most trusted institution in Estonia.
In the first quarter of this year the trust rating of the parliament dropped the most, by 21 percent from January. Trust in both the government and the parties dipped by 9 percent.
The credibility of political institutions is eroded on the one hand by the deepening economic slump which brings in its wake a host of social problems, and on the other hand people's attitudes also may have been influenced by the administrative reform hastily prepared by the government, the attempt to tie amendments to election laws to the gender equality law, and publication of parliament members' pay rise, Turu-uuringute AS said.
Non-Estonians have considerably less trust in institutions than ethnic Estonians. The exception is political parties which non-Estonians rate somewhat higher than ethnic Estonians -- 25 percent against 19 percent. A survey of party support Turu-uuringute carried out in March showed that the largest opposition party Center enjoys the strongest support among non-Estonians.
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