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Full question: To what extent, if at all, do you support the following measures as a response to the current European economic crisis? vi) Lower interest rates for the EU as a whole

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• Do you agree or disagree with the statement ‘I understand how the EU works’?
• Do you agree or disagree with the statement ‘My voice counts in the EU’?
• Do you agree or disagree that the UK should hold a national referendum to decide on its relationship with the EU?
• Which words and phrases describe what the EU means to you?
• Which of these would be best for the UK, regarding the EU?
• If a new treaty to lessen EU integration was blocked by other EU countries, which position should the UK then adopt?
• Should immigration be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should reducing poverty be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should tackling climate change be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should trade links with other countries be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should weights and measures be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should the rise of Asia be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should rights for workers be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should tax rates and national budgets be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should crime and justice be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should agriculture be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should deciding laws on trade unions and strikes be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should diplomatic relations with non-European countries be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should fighting terrorism and international crime be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should the regulation of banks and financial institutions be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should recovering from the recession and financial crisis be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Should military action be controlled by the EU or national governments?
• Would you support or oppose a democratically elected EU president, who is chief executive in the same manner as the President of the United States of America, and directly elected by citizens across Europe?
• Would you support or oppose the creation of a single European military, with an elected civilian authority that decides when European nations go to war and take military action?
• Would you support or oppose turning the EU into a fully integrated “United States of Europe”, with a central European treasury that strictly enforces common rules on national budgets and government spending for individual countries?
• Would you support or oppose making English the official language of the EU to be exclusively used for Union business?
• Would you support or oppose a single seat to represent the entire EU at the United Nations, instead of individual seats for each member?
• Would you support or oppose an automatic right to leave the EU, if a majority of voting people from that country say they want to do so?
• Who is in the best position to lead Europe out of the current economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘An EU-wide tax on profits made by banks’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘An EU-wide tax on financial trading, including share, bond and currency transactions’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Giving EU Authorities for Financial Regulation more power’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘the enforcement of common tax and spending policies among EU countries, with strict penalties for countries that run up too much debt’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Making it easier for individual EU countries to borrow money from the European Central Bank’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support ‘Lower interest rates for the EU as a whole’ as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Portugal being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Ireland being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Italy being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Spain being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support Greece being asked to leave the Eurozone as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• How much do you support the EU and the IMF managing an orderly break-up of the Eurozone, as a response to the current European economic crisis?
• If one or more Eurozone members left the single-currency zone, would this be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• If the Eurozone survives the economic crisis largely as it is now, do you think this would be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• If major reforms were made that led to greater economic and political integration of the EU, would this be a good or bad thing for the UK?
• Is Europe right or wrong to spend money to try and save the Eurozone?
• Would the UK be right or wrong to spend money to try and save the Eurozone?
• Do you think the ‘Eurobond’ scheme would be a good or bad thing for the UK?