Flash Eurobarometer 405 (The Euro Area, October 2014)

Attitude towards the European Union and the implementation of the Euro as currency. Economic situation.<br>Topics: having the euro is a good thing for the own country and for Europe; changes in feeling European due to the euro; difficulty to distinguish and handle euro bank notes and specific coins; opinion about the number of existing coins and which euro coin denominations should be removed; approval of the abolition of 1- and 2-cent euro coins and to mandatory up- and down-rounding of the final sum of purchase; conversion from the price in euro to the national currency when it comes to exceptional and common purchases; trips abroad; attitude towards selected statements on the euro: eases travelling, reduces cross-border banking charges; preference for more or less co-ordination among euro-area governments; attitude towards the following statements on current reforms: need for significant reforms to improve economy, successful reforms in other euro area countries facilitate reforms in the own country, governments need to save for the ageing populations, retirement age should be increased to ensure sustainability of the pension system; more effectiveness of economic reforms if they are carried out in a coordinated way at EU-level; sectors where reforms have had the most positive and the most negative effects on the national economy; inflation rate in the own country last year; expectations regarding the inflation rate; development of household income since last year and expectations for the current year.

Additional questions for Latvia: usefulness of continued dual price displays; prices increased during the changeover period.

Demography: age; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size.