–Adds Results From Another Survey To Story Sent At 07:49 GMT

BERLIN (MNI) – A majority of German voters back Chancellor Angela
Merkel’s tough stance in the Eurozone debt crisis, according to a survey
released Wednesday.

Some 54% of those surveyed said Merkel’s policy line during the
crisis has been the right one. Seventy two percent said that Merkel is
well representing German interests abroad.

The representative poll by the Forsa institute — commissioned by
German magazine Stern — surveyed 1,003 respondents from July 5 to 6.

In a separate Forsa survey for German weekly Die Zeit released
today, some 83% of German citizens said the euro crisis was worrying
them. The representative survey was conducted from July 6 to 9 amongst
1,001 respondents.

–Berlin bureau: +49-30-22 62 05 80; email: twidder@marketnews.com

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