A whopping 75 percent of Croatians believe that the introduction of the euro as the official currency will lead to price increases. The Croatian MEP, Biljana Borzan (SDP), presented results from a survey of Croatian citizens on the introduction of the euro, and according to that survey 75 percent think that prices will increase.

The survey was conducted on a relevant sample of 805 participants in cooperation with the Hendal agency. Citizens' views on the key government measures regarding the introduction of the euro were examined - the information campaign, double reporting of prices, code of ethics and secret buyers.

37 percent of people asked though that Croatia wasn’t ready for the introduction of the euro.

And the MEP believes that much of this distrust of the euro is due to the bad practise of the government in informing citizens. “In our country, the campaign started three months before the introduction of the euro, which is late compared to other countries that went through the same process,” stated Borzan.