Only six months ago, this was 80 percent. Support dropped in line with the fall of the exchange rate of the common currency. But the euro is not only unpopular because of its current weakness. Opponents of the euro have many faces. Some people simply do not want to say goodbye to their own currency, which they have used all their lives.
Opposition is especially strong in Britain.
But the pound is not likely to be replaced anytime soon. A referendum like the Danish one will be held and there could well be a NO vote in Britain too. The Danes were wary about the introduction of the single European currency because of fears that adopting the currency would have led to money flowing out of Denmark. Members of this broader economic unity could expand from the current 15 member states to 27 in the years to come. And pessimists fear that the entry of the new candidates will cause instability.