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Survey: One in two Europeans trust Christian clergy

More than one in two Europeans (53 percent) trust members of the clergy highly. They range in tenth place on a list of 20 professions according to the survey “Reader’s Digest European Trusted Brands 2008”, reports Wolfgang Polzer, special to ASSIST News Service.

In all 25,000 persons in 15 countries were interviewed, as the magazine reported in Stuttgart, September 22. Firefighters are the most trustworthy profession in Europe (95 percent) followed by pilots (92) and pharmacists (89).

Industrial union leaders (23), car salespersons (17) and politicians (7) range at the bottom of the scale. The survey, which shows similar results as in 2007, was conducted in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

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[10/04/2008]

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