After the NATO summit and World Youth Day, both organised this year in Poland, there has been a significant change in perception of the competence of Polish authorities and government institutions to ensure safety. Previously a majority of citizens negatively assessed their ability to counter terrorist attacks; data collected successively since 2013 showed this majority to be between 55% and 63%. Currently, over two fifths of those asked (44% – an increase of 24 percentage points since April) believe that Polish authorities and government institutions are well prepared to counter terrorist attacks, while one third (33% – a drop of 30 points) is of the opposite opinion.

More on this subject in the CBOS report.