Finland Times

A survey has revealed that majority Finnish people would remain with the common European currency, Euro, in future.

Fifty-eight per cent of respondents of the survey, conducted by MTV3, believed the present exchange system in Euro has no adverse impact on the national economy. The system should be continued, said the study report released on Monday.

Thirty-eight per cent respondents say use of the common currency in domestic market put negative impact on the economy of the country, according to the report which also added that that 25 per cent people think the country should reintroduce its own currency and stop use of Euro at national level.

Meanwhile, 38 percent out of the 58 per cent, who expressed interest to stay with Euro, believed that use of Euro in national level is profitable for the country. More than 50 per cent of the total respondents said that they had no personal gain in using Euro as currency, said the report.

A total of 1,760 people were interviewed for the study and the researchers believed that the margin of error in the results could be 3 per cent to both the direction.

Finland entered into the European common currency Euro in the domestic level in 2002, although most of the Nordic countries including Sweden, Norway and Denmark are still using their own currencies.