The poll was conducted between December 19 and 28, 2023, surveying 1,006 respondents. These data are representative of Latvian residents aged 18-74 who use the Internet at least once a week.
To the question "10 years ago Latvia abandoned the lats and introduced the euro. To what extent do you agree that the changeover to the euro was a good decision?" 22% of respondents replied that they fully agreed, while 29% were more likely to agree. 17% rather disagreed with this, 19% disagreed completely, while 13% rather disagreed.
Younger people (aged 18-29) were more likely to agree that the introduction of the euro was a good thing (29% fully agreed, more likely to agree – 39%), while fewer people aged 50-59 agreed (fully agreed – 17%, rather agreed – 25%).
Latvians were more positive about the euro – 28% completely agreed that it was a good decision, but rather agreed – 32%, while Russian residents were more negative – 31% did not agree, but 20% rather did not agree.
