Voters across Europe have turned against the euro and would rather have kept their national currency, according to a new poll.

The single currency's fall in value against the dollar since its launch two years ago has triggered a widespread withdrawal of support.

The poll of eight countries was published today in The Guardian, Le Monde in France, El Pais in Spain and newspapers in the five other countries.

It showed that 62 per cent of British voters support the decision not to join the euro.

Of the other seven countries, 52 per cent said they were dissatisfied with the euro, compared with only 36 per cent 18 months ago.

In Germany, support for the euro has fallen by 18 points and only 29 per cent are satisfied that it has replaced their national currency.

Support in France has dropped by 14 points to 50 per cent and in Greece, Italy and Spain, 46 per cent or fewer are now satisfied with the decision to replace their currency with the euro.

Only Luxembourg, where the national currency is weak, bucked the trend with 72 per cent of voters supporting the euro.