Editing Euro (section)

==Political considerations==
Besides the economic motivations to the introduction of the euro, its creation was also partly justified as a way to foster a closer sense of joint identity between European citizens. Statements about this goal were for instance made by [[Wim Duisenberg]], European Central Bank Governor, in 1998,<ref>{{cite book |title=Global Finance After the Crisis|date= 2013|quote=The euro is far more than a medium of exchange. It is part of the identity of a people. It reflects what they have in common now and in the future.}}</ref> [[Laurent Fabius]], French Finance Minister, in 2000,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Financial Times|date=24 July 2000|quote=Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity|title=European identity}}</ref> and [[Romano Prodi]], President of the European Commission, in 2002.<ref>{{cite book|title=Speech to the European Parliament|date=16 January 2002 |quote=The euro is becoming a key element in peoples sense of shared European identity and common destiny.}}</ref> However, 15 years after the introduction of the euro, a study found no evidence that it has had any effect on a shared sense of European identity.<ref name=EER>{{cite journal |author1=Franz Buscha |title=Can a common currency foster a shared social identity across different nations? The case of the euro|journal=European Economic Review|date=November 2017 |volume=100 |pages=318–336 |url=http://westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/19659/1/EU_identity_V17_EER_revisions_2ndRound.pdf |doi=10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.08.011|s2cid=102510742 }}</ref>

Public support for the euro by country according to [[Eurobarometer]] 2024:<ref name="i768">{{cite report | title=Public opinion in the European Union: first results : report. | date=2024 | publisher=Publications Office of the European Union | doi=10.2775/437940 | url=https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2775/437940 | page = 26 | author1=European Commission. Directorate General for Communication. }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header"
! Country !! For % !! Against %
|-
| {{flaglist|Austria}}	||	66  ||  27
|-
| {{flaglist|Belgium}}	||	82  ||  15
|-
| {{flaglist|Bulgaria}}	||	37  ||  47
|-
| {{flaglist|Croatia}}	||	71  ||  24
|-
| {{flaglist|Cyprus}}	||	80  ||	16
|-
| {{flaglist|Czech Republic}}	||	30  || 62
|-
| {{flaglist|Denmark}}	||	34  ||	58
|-
| {{flaglist|Estonia}}	||	90  ||	8
|-
| {{flaglist|Finland}}	||	90  ||	7
|-
| {{flaglist|France}}	||	74  ||	20
|-
| {{flaglist|Germany}}	||	81  ||	14
|-
| {{flaglist|Greece}}	||	80  ||	16
|-
| {{flaglist|Hungary}}	||	65  || 28
|-
| {{flaglist|Ireland}}	||	88  ||	7
|-
| {{flaglist|Italy}}	||	70  ||	23
|-
| {{flaglist|Latvia}}	||	85  ||	8
|-
| {{flaglist|Lithuania}}	||	78  ||	15
|-
| {{flaglist|Luxembourg}}	||	90  ||	8
|-
| {{flaglist|Malta}}	||	89  ||	8
|-
| {{flaglist|Netherlands}}	||	84  ||	13
|-
| {{flaglist|Poland}}	||	36  ||	51
|-
| {{flaglist|Portugal}}	||	81  ||	13
|-
| {{flaglist|Romania}}	||	54 	||	37
|-
| {{flaglist|Slovakia}}	||	86  ||	8
|-
| {{flaglist|Slovenia}}	||	92  ||	7
|-
| {{flaglist|Spain}}	||	83  ||	11
|-
| {{flaglist|Sweden}}	||	37  ||	56
|}