Swedish eurozone entry is off the cards and its EU membership would be in danger if Swedes went to the polls today, according to a new survey that also reveals increaslingly hesitant opinions about European institutions.
Almost one in three Swedes said they were unsure how they felt about Swedish membership of the European Union. The new Statistics Sweden survey, published on Wednesday, found that 32 percent of respondents could not say whether they were for or against the country’s membership. Sweden joined the union in 1995.
At the same time, the proportion of resolute nay-sayers decreased from 27 in May to 22.7 percent in the latest survey that took stock of attitudes in November. The state statistics bureau noted that the decrease was statistically significant.
Swedes in favour of being part of the union came in at 45 percent. There were differences between women and men who responded to the survey. Almost 48 percent of men are pro-EU, compared to 43 percent of women who were for union membership.
There was also proportionally more hesitance and incertitude toward the EU among women - 35.6 percent - compared the 27.9 percent of men who said they did not know if they were for or against membership.
Swedes’ attitude towards potentially joining the euro zone, however, was less ambivalent. A whopping 78 percent of the electorate would chose to stay out of the eurozone if the country held a referendum today…..
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Source: The Local/TT/at