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Poll Shows US, UK, French Citizens See Economic Slowdown

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Sputnik.Polls has revealed that the majority of Western European citizens condider EU economy to be on a verge of a severe crisis.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A majority of the French public believes their economy is "getting worse," and a significant section of the US and UK populations fear their national economies are slowing down, a poll conducted for Sputnik revealed on Tuesday.

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At least 59 percent of French respondents expressed the least optimism describing their economic prospects as "getting worse," according to the country's oldest polling institute, Ifop. Only 5 percent said their economic situation was improved, while 33 percent saw no change.

US and British respondents did not seem to be particularly upbeat about their countries’ economic outlook either, according to the Populus pollster. Only 34 percent and 27 percent, respectively, noticed any progress.

Germans expressed the least concern about their economy – 58 percent said the economic situation remained unchanged, 22 percent said it was getting worse, while just 17 percent said the economy was improving.

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The major Populus market research agency carried out the poll in the United States and Great Britain on February 3-4, 2016, Forsa conducted the survey in Germany from February 4 to 8, and Ifop, the longest-established market researcher, polled people in France from February 3 to 5.

There were 1,047 respondents in Britain, 1,004 in the United States, 1,002 in Germany and 1,499 in France.

The international public opinion project Sputnik.Polls was inaugurated in January 2015. The project organizes regular surveys in the United States and Europe on the most sensitive social and political issues.

About the Sputnik.Polls Project

The international public opinion project was inaugurated in January 2015, in partnership with Populus, Forsa and Ifop France's oldest polling institute. The project organizes regular surveys in the United States and Europe on the most sensitive social and political issues.

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