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Europeans' low expectations of eurozone prove widespread

By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt

Published: January 29 2007 02:00 | Last updated: January 29 2007 02:00

The eurozone economy may be growing robustly, but its citizens appear not to expect significant financial gains as a result. They give scant credit to the eight-year-old euro for improving national performances, an FT/Harris poll shows.

The sceptical views of citizens in the main European economies - Germany, France, Spain and Italy, which use the euro currency, and the UK - may do little to cheer European Union policymakers.

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