Germans split
over Greek euro membership, poll indicates
Nearly half of Germans think the eurozone would be better off without Greece,
according to a survey to be published in the German weekly news magazine Focus
on Monday.
The poll by the Emnid institute found that 49 percent of Germans would be in
favour of a Greek exit while 43 percent said they want Greece to stay in the
single currency bloc.
Eight percent abstained from the poll, which was conducted on July 4 and 5
among 1,000 people.
Last month the same survey found that 46 percent of Germans supported a Greek
exit.
Although Greece's new Prime Minister Antonis Samaris was expected to breeze
through a confidence vote in his three-party coalition in parliament Sunday, he
will then face the tricky task of asking to renegotiate the terms of the Greek
bailout agreed by EU-IMF creditors.
Greece has asked for more time to meet its reimbursement targets but must
first win the confidence of auditors who are investigating the state of Greek
finances before according the next slice of the bailout.
[AFP] |
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