Opinion on cause of EU economic problems, by country 2012 | Statista

This statistic shows public evaluation of who was to blame for the economic problems in each country as of 2012. 78 percent of respondents in Spain felt that it was the banks and financial institutions that were most to blame for the current economic problems in their own country as of 2012.

Who is most to blame for your countries current economic problems?

Characteristic	Our Governments	Banks and Financial Institutions	U.S.	EU	Ourselves
Czech Rep.	91%	27%	5%	39%	21%
Poland	90%	39%	5%	28%	15%
Greece	87%	39%	4%	19%	42%
Italy	84%	58%	2%	15%	19%
Germany	70%	74%	12%	25%	9%
Britain	67%	69%	10%	16%	19%
Spain	59%	78%	8%	19%	26%
France	59%	74%	10%	37%	18%

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Release date

May 2012

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

March 17, 2012 to April, 16, 2012

Number of respondents

Approx. 1,000 per country

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews

Supplementary notes

*Totals add up to more than 100 percent due to multiple responses.
Only those who had previsouly responded that the current economic situation in their country was bad, were then asked this question.

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