54% of Icelanders oppose adopting euro

Icelanders are divided on the issue of whether Iceland should adopt the euro as its new currency, with the ‘no’ camp slightly ahead.

This is the main finding of a new opinion poll conducted by Gallup on behalf of Icelandic business newspaper Viðskiptablaðið.

Disregarding those respondents with no strong feelings on the subject, 54% of Icelanders are according to this poll against adopting the euro, while 46% support the idea.

17.5% of those polled did not know or did not answer.

Source: Gallup