Flash Eurobarometer 488 : The euro area

This survey shows that public support for the euro has reached another record high in the euro area, as has support for the abolition of 1 and 2 cent coins. The phone survey shows the highest overall support for the euro for the fourth consecutive year since the start of these yearly surveys in 2002. A record majority of 80% of respondents think the euro is good for the EU, and 70% also consider the euro is good for their own country (while 22 % consider is bad). Respondents who feel informed about the euro are more likely to support its introduction (57% compared with 44% of those who do not feel informed). Overall 51% feel informed about the euro, while 47% do not. The most notable change since the 2019 survey has been an increase in Poland of citizens feeling informed (+7 pp) to 53% now. There have also been substantial increases of five percentage points since 2019 both in Bulgaria (to 45%) and Croatia (to 52%), while 54% in Bulgaria and 47% in Croatia (both -5pp) do not feel informed. * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)