Press Release: Euro: Eurobarometer highlights challenge of building citizens’ confidence

The Eurobarometer survey on the euro carried out during June-July 2001 shows that the number of euro-area citizens considering themselves well informed about the euro continues to increase, albeit at a low pace. Of those questioned, 73% know the 1 January 2002 date for the introduction of the euro and 53% consider themselves well informed. In line with the collectively agreed information strategy, the general public will become the focus of the national information campaigns.