Austria: Majority Does Not Trust Euro

Politics ♦ Published: April 7, 2014; 16:08 ♦ (Vindobona)

Only 49 percent of Austrian citizens have faith in the Euro.

Not everybody is enthousiastic about the Euro. / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Austrians seem to be divided on the Euro. While two thirds of Austrians are convinced that the Euro strengthens the “position of the European Union in the global economy”, still the majority of persons surveyed is not enthusiastic about the single currency.

After the trust values with regard to the European single currency dropped significantly in 2011 and 2012, and the…