A quote from Carter Dougherty in The International Herald Tribune, 23 January 2006

Four years into a world in which Europeans carry the euro, rather than the French franc, the Italian lira or the Spanish peseta, in their wallets, the conviction that the new currency deserves the blame for pricier goods has become remarkably entrenched, according to survey data, economists and interviews with ordinary citizens. […]
 
A survey for the European Commission in November found that 93 percent of respondents pinned higher inflation squarely on the euro, a uniform result across social class, age and geography. A monthly poll for the commission shows as well that Europeans anticipate higher inflation in the future.