Germans back euro by small majority, poll finds

Report of a YouGov opinion poll in Germany on European issues, June 2012.

43% of Germans would vote to keep the euro, against 41% opting to return to the deutschmark. However, 51% would vote in favour of Germany remaining within the EU, against 28%.

The figures showed that Germany remained a fundamentally pro-European country, although doubts about the common currency, and further European integration, were intensifying.

Separately, DW features discusses the issue of the incompatibility of the current German constitution with moves for a political and fiscal union at the EU level. Germany was ceding more and more power to the EU. But how far is that compatible with the German constitution? Senior politicians were proposing a referendum to change Germany's Basic Law.

ESO: Background information: German angst grows over future of eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/german-angst-grows-over-future-of-eurozone/

Deutsche Welle, 26.6.12: Germany's euro debate turns constitutional http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16049678,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 26.6.12: Germany Debates a Euro Bailout Referendum http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-debates-referendum-over-euro-zone-integration-a-841014.html

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