Euro Nations Lose One Nation by Biggest Plurality in Poll

Most international investors predict at least one nation will eventually dump the euro and they say greater fiscal ties or a smaller currency area are the best fixes for the region’s debt crisis, according to the quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll.

As Europe’s leaders craft their fifth “comprehensive” solution in 19 months, almost half the respondents in the poll conducted Dec. 5-6 say one or more countries will leave the 17-nation bloc within a year and almost a third more predict an exit by the end of 2016. Thirty-seven percent say fiscal union is the most effective remedy for the current turmoil, with 24 percent endorsing a shrinking of the euro’s membership.