(ANSA) - BRUSSELS - In Czech Republic (70%), Sweden (66%) and Poland (53%) a majority of citizens is against introducing the euro, while in Romania (68%), Hungary (60%), Bulgaria (55%) and Croatia (53%) is in favour. These are the data of the survey carried out from 20 to 22 April in seven EU Member States that have yet to join the euro - Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and for the first time, Sweden. The survey did not cover Denmark and the UK, which have opted out of the common currency.

Views on the benefits of the euro again vary significantly in the individual countries: 54% of respondents in Romania said they expected positive consequence for their country, compared to 50% in Hungary, 40% in Bulgaria, 39% in Poland, 38% in Sweden and just 26% in the Czech Republic. When asked whether they thought their countries were ready to adopt the euro, 79% said that they did not think their country was ready. This feeling was supported by majorities in all seven countries, ranging from 69% in Romania, to 76% in Sweden, to 86% in Poland.

The majority anyway (81%) would personally manage to adapt to the euro as new currency. (ANSA).