As of December 2019, 27.7 percent of Italian respondents believed that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) was damaging for Italy and thus it had to be abolished.
The ESM is an international European organization located in Luxembourg providing financial funding for the monetary stability of the Eurozone. Its proposed reform was an object of discussion in Italian politics in the last months. The parties Lega and Fratelli d'Italia put the topic into discussion, accusing the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte of lack of transparency about the proposed reform. However, the terms of the reform were already known in December 2018.
A further survey shows that most Italians did not know what the European Stability Mechanism was. Only nine percent of respondents declared to know exactly what the ESM meant.
Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
It is damaging. It has to be abolished
27.7%
It is useful, but it should be modified by changing the requirements which could penalize Italy
25.5%
It is definitely useful for countries in crisis, anything else is fake news
22.1%
It is damaging. We need to find another solution, in case of financial defaults
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Termometro Politico. (December 6, 2019). Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/
Termometro Politico. "Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy?." Chart. December 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/
Termometro Politico. (2019). Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/
Termometro Politico. "Do You Think That The European Stability Mechanism (Esm) Is Useful or Damaging for Italy?." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/
Termometro Politico, Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Do you think that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is useful or damaging for Italy? [Graph], Termometro Politico, December 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1080699/opinion-on-usefulness-of-european-stability-mechanism-in-italy/