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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (33887)	10/1/2000 11:53:16 PM
From: paret	Respond to of 50167

German voters would reject the euro, polls show Source: Telegraph/U.K. Monday, October 2, 2000 By Toby Helm in Berlin GERMANS, like the Danes, would reject the euro if given the choice in a referendum, opinion polls show. A survey in Bild newspaper found that one German in three had no confidence in the new currency. A poll for BZ newspaper showed that 55 per cent would rather keep the mark. The polls were conducted before last Thursday's Danish referendum, in which 53 per cent of voters rejected the euro. Werner Müller, the Economics Minister, tried to bolster flagging confidence in the euro by saying yesterday that it should appreciate soon. He said: "An exchange rate of one dollar to one euro is absolutely realistic." Last week the euro was trading at about 88 cents. Germany did not conduct a referendum before adopting the euro and fears public anger as it loses value. The BZ poll found that 51 per cent of west Germans and 72 per cent of east Germans wanted to keep the mark, the strength of which was a factor behind East German enthusiasm for unification a decade ago.