Germans hostile to further transfer of funds to eurozone, says poll German voters say they are hostile to any further transfers of funds within the eurozone, according to a new survey published on Tuesday, less than three weeks before they are due to elect a new government. A clear majority of voters said their next government should have no mandate to forgive the debts of its eurozone partners, or to guarantee their borrowing in the form of mutualised eurozone bonds, according to the YouGov poll. Seventy per cent object to any suggestion of direct fiscal transfers to eurozone partners, while 52 per cent oppose any further loans, it says. Nearly four out of five voters see the issues of European and eurozone policy as important or very important in influencing their votes, although there has been little fundamental debate on the subject during the campaign between the established political parties. But the opinion poll suggests that most voters are less enthusiastic about EU integration than the main parties, such as Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and the opposition Social Democratic party. The survey, commissioned by Open Europe, a London-based think tank that campaigns for EU reform, suggests that any future German government may have little room for manoeuvre on eurozone policy after the election. The figures also suggest that the newly-formed anti-euro party in Germany, Alternative für Deutschland, could gain more votes than the 3 per cent it registers in current polls. If AfD wins more than 5 per cent, it would gain seats in the Bundestag, almost certainly compelling Ms Merkel, German chancellor, to form a grand coalition with her SPD rivals. Although 60 per cent of those questioned said they did not want to return to the Deutschmark as the national currency, 55 per cent said they believed the eurozone should be reduced to fewer members that are more similar to Germany. That is the policy advocated by AfD, which wants countries such as Greece to leave. Publication of the poll came as Ms Merkel clashed on the issue of her eurozone crisis management with her principal challenger, Peer Steinbrück of the SPD, in their last big debate in the German parliament before polling day on September 22. Accusing her of presiding over "four wasted years," Mr Steinbrück said Ms Merkel's "one-sided focus on austerity" had caused soaring youth unemployment in other eurozone countries, and made it more difficult for debt-strapped countries such as Greece recover. She retorted that the SPD had backed most of the government's crisis measures, so it made no sense to oppose them now. But she also warned the opposition against supporting debt guarantees to help the crisis-hit members of the eurozone. On that score she seems the more closely aligned with German popular opinion, as indicated by the YouGov poll. When voters were asked which party best reflected their views on Europe, the largest proportion - 29 per cent - named the CDU. But that figure is well short of the 40 per cent the party scores on all issues. The SPD, with 18 per cent saying they liked its European policy, also scored well below the 22-25 per cent it gets on other issues. Fifty-two per cent of those questioned agreed with Ms Merkel's statement that "if the euro fails, Europe fails." But asked if the euro should be saved "at any cost," 42 per cent agreed, and 46 per cent disagreed. On political union, 52 per cent said the eurozone should become a "political union, with stronger central budget controls" to save the euro. But when they were asked if that political union should include "permanent fiscal transfers and a common budget," only 29 per cent agreed, while 55 per cent were opposed.