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Non-partisan information on UK attitudes to the EU before and since the EU Referendum

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Topic: Currency and business regulation

Attitudes towards the euro and the EU’s regulation of business and employment

To regulate banks and financial institutions, should countries in Europe cooperate more closely together or should they loosen their links?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation What should the EU do?


Who is mainly to blame for the financial crisis in the Eurozone?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation


Some have suggested that the crisis in Ireland may spread to other countries in the Eurozone and ultimately lead to the collapse of the single European currency. If it did collapse do you think this would be a good or bad thing?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation


In hindsight do you think the European single currency has been good or bad for the rest of the EU?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation


In hindsight do you think Britain should or should not have joined the European single currency, the Euro?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation


The Irish bail out will be conditional upon demands from the IMF and the EU for them to massively cut spending and reduce borrowing. Was Ireland right or wrong to accept this bail out?

2 September 2015 Question Attitudes towards topical events Currency and business regulation


The EU is expected to agree a 2.9% increase in their budget after David Cameron opposed the original 5.9% increase requested by the European Commission and European Parliament. Cameron has claimed the smaller increase is a “spectacular success”, but others have said he could have gone further and insisted upon a freeze or reduction in the EU’s budget. Which best reflects your view?

2 September 2015 Question Currency and business regulation The economic debate


Would you support or oppose David Cameron agreeing new rules to give the EU extra economic powers over countries in the Eurozone in exchange for the EU agreeing to freeze their budget?

2 September 2015 Question Currency and business regulation The economic debate


At the forthcoming EU summit the EU will discuss changes to the EU treaties to impose tougher budget discipline on member states and limit the amount they can borrow. Which best reflects your view?

2 September 2015 Question Currency and business regulation The economic debate


Which statement best reflects your view? (pick the one that best reflects your view, even if you don’t agree completely with either statement)

27 August 2015 Question Currency and business regulation


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