Graph of the week: 7 out of 10 euro area citizens think the euro is good for the EU

The impact of the euro on the European Union

Proportion of respondents who think that the euro is a good thing for the EU

Source: Flash Eurobarometer - Euro Area(9 MB)   (October 2014)

A substantial majority of respondents living in the euro area (69%, +1 compared with 2013) think that the euro is a good thing for the EU. A fifth (20%, -2) thinks the euro is a bad thing for the EU, while 7% (+2) don’t know.

This is the second year in a row in which there has been a slight increase in the proportion of respondents who think that the euro is a good thing for the EU.

National results

Having the euro is a good or a bad thing for EU?

A majority of respondents in every country say that the euro is a good thing for the EU.

Respondents in Estonia (80%), Malta (79%) and Luxembourg (78%) are the most likely to think the euro is a good thing for the EU, while those in Cyprus (59%) and Italy (63%) are the least likely to do so.

57% of respondents said that they thought the euro was also a good for their own country, the second highest percentage since the introduction of the survey in 2002 and unchanged since last year.

More about the recent euro area Eurobarometer survey:

• Support for the euro remains high in euro area Member States
• Flash Eurobarometer - Euro Area(9 MB)   (October 2014)
• Flash Eurobarometer. Summary   (October 2014)

More Eurobarometer reports.