EC Statement: Spring 2010 Eurobarometer - EU citizens favour stronger European economic governance
( August 26, 2010, 10:20 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The European Commission has published its Spring 2010 Eurobarometer showing that 75 percent of Europeans think that stronger coordination of economic and financial policies among EU member states would be effective in fighting the economic crisis.75% of Europeans think that stronger coordination of economic and financial policies among EU Member States would be effective in fighting the economic crisis, according to the Spring 2010 Eurobarometer, the bi-annual opinion poll organised by the EU. The survey was conducted in May – at the height of the European debt crisis – and published today. 72% of Europeans support a stronger supervision by the EU of the activities of the most important international financial groups, an increase of four percentage points from the last Eurobarometer in autumn 2009. Europeans’ main areas of concern in the crisis were the current economic situation (40%; unchanged compared to autumn 2009), unemployment (48%; -3 percentage points) and rising prices (20%; +1). The crisis also had an influence on citizens' perception of the EU: 40% of Europeans associate the EU with the euro (+3), 45% with the freedom to travel, study and work anywhere in the EU (-1), and 24% with peace (-4)....
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