Around a third of Slovenians believe globalisation means companies are moving their production to countries with cheaper labour, according to the results of the autumn Eurobarometer survey.
Meanwhile, the data shows that 18% of Slovenians believe globalisation presents an opportunity for Slovenian companies, while 17% think that it could promote FDI inflow.
However, as many as 78% of Slovenians see the motive for moving production from Slovenia to other countries in the desire of companies to increase profits, while only 14% believe that such moves are necessary if some of the companies want to retain their production in Slovenia as well.
Asked whether the EU protects Slovenia from the effects of globalisation, 34% of the respondents said yes, while 52% believe that this is not the case.
Moreover, 44% of Slovenians think that the country needs immigrants in certain sectors of the economy, while 55% disagree. A total of three quarters of those polled do not believe that immigrants could solve the problem of Europe's aging population.
Slovenians also believe that the EU's economy could be improved through education and training programmes (66%), investments into research and development (62%) and cutting red tape (45%).
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