Poles wary of switching to euro - survey

53% of Poles believe adopting the euro would hit their pockets, according to a survey published today.

The study by the TNS OBOP public opinion agency found that just 15% of respondents believed the euro would be a personal boon, 17% thought its introduction would make no difference to them, and 15% had no view.

Ex-communist Poland, which joined the European Union in 2004, had been aiming to switch from its free-floating zloty to the euro by 2012.

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