Hi,
While I agree that a shared currency helps, you also have to bear in mind that only 12 of our 25 EU nations actually have the Euro. That fact will create and widen an inner-European gap, both for the economy and the common citizen. I hope that the shared currency will boost the economy as hoped, and that sceptical countries like England will recognize the advantage of that and join us someday. Personally, I was on vacation in France and Ireland the last two years and the shared currency sure gave me the feeling that we somehow belong together. During my stay in Ireland, I visited Northern Ireland for two days, and the need to change currency just for these two days sure gave me the feeling that they were not as closely related to us as Southern Ireland is.
I seem to remember there is one in England actually, a party whose only goal is for England to leave the EU, and that projections say they will receive a healthy double-digit percentage of the votes. Go figure. :(
-Kylearan
Quote:Still with the euro (our currency) probably we will become more and more europeans
While I agree that a shared currency helps, you also have to bear in mind that only 12 of our 25 EU nations actually have the Euro. That fact will create and widen an inner-European gap, both for the economy and the common citizen. I hope that the shared currency will boost the economy as hoped, and that sceptical countries like England will recognize the advantage of that and join us someday. Personally, I was on vacation in France and Ireland the last two years and the shared currency sure gave me the feeling that we somehow belong together. During my stay in Ireland, I visited Northern Ireland for two days, and the need to change currency just for these two days sure gave me the feeling that they were not as closely related to us as Southern Ireland is.
Quote:I think there is not really a protest-party available
I seem to remember there is one in England actually, a party whose only goal is for England to leave the EU, and that projections say they will receive a healthy double-digit percentage of the votes. Go figure. :(
-Kylearan
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