A record high support for the euro by the citizens of the eurozone

It reveals that 74% eurozone citizens say the euro is positive for the EU as a whole. This is the highest level since this question was first entered the 2010. Almost two thirds of citizens (64%) They believe that the existence of the euro is a good thing for their country. The trend since 2002 It shows that the percentage of respondents who believe that the euro is a good thing for their country steadily increasing each year since 2007. It reached the highest level ever 2017, when it increased by eight percentage points from 2016, and maintained at that level this year. The 27% of people said that the euro makes me feel more European than,in the past. Although still a minority view, this is the highest rate since 2007. The 69% of citizens believe that there should be greater coordination of economic policies among euro area Member States. This represents an increase by two percentage points over the number of 2017. More than three quarters of citizens (78%) They agree on the need for major reforms to improve economic performance.

The Commission conducts regular surveys to measure the general perception about the euro among citizens living in the euro area Member States. This is the seventeenth similar survey from 2002.

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More information on the Eurobarometer available here.

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