Maastricht Treaty revisions needed?

[eppie]

I have no concept of what things cost outside of Denmark (aside from books and computer games, anyway), but triple sounds completely off the wall.

Denmark is very expensive.....but salaries are also very high. In general you keep a lot of money for yourself, and when you take that money abroad (holidays or buying stuff on the internet) you are quite happy.
A strong welfare state usually gives a stable and prosperous society, and therefor strong currency (this is a bit too generalized but I think I am quite close)