The Euro
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- jox0
would you rather stick with a currency worth 0,000000002 of 1 euro?
- Nairn0
Being a (Ginger, overly Northern English) 'European', living in London, surrounded by all the world's masses and seeing how integrated the world is becoming, I can't see any reason to not join the Euro. Sure, I like Sterling, Prince Charles and a cup of Earl Grey tea, but I also like the feeling that we're working towards something much larger than ourselves.
Besides tomorrow's people are going to need to be united to temper the ambitions of out neo-republican friends across the pond.
- save0
errr....
'Prince Charles and a cup of Earl Grey'
- jox0
Nairn, very well said, that's exactly what I mean!
- jaybee0
????
YOU GUYS ARE GOIN NUTZ
- jox0
and you're a very good spokesperson for the anti-side jaybee. Give me some GOOD reasons why we're nuts.
- rustybud0
fuck the euro but get rid of the 1 pence and the 2 pence...they're shit
also, sort out london transport, its rubbish
- ********0
"I like Sterling, Prince Charles and a cup of Earl Grey tea"
Uh huh. And Europe will take them all away from you in that order. If you think I'm being OTT - go ask a Scotsman what they tried to do to his haggis.
- lowimpakt0
The Irish economy is also a bit fucked. Huge inflation - massive rip-offs etc but i still think the Euro is good. The no voters are usually just protectionist and short sighted.
The economic problems that surfaced with the onset of the Euro are more to do with the host governments mismanagement and poor fiscal policies that became exposed with the onset of the Euro. The Eu has stricter guidelines for equating inflation and budget management.
One thing which is great is travelling around europe and not needing to worry about exchanging money.
- biri0
Euro is the future.
Sweden will have major economical problems (U.K. will too).
Also, they should take a serious look at their social problems and understand why nationalistic ideology is not going to help them.
- jox0
biri said it :(
- lowimpakt0
Didnt companies say they they will leave Sweden if the vote is no. This is because they will find it hard to be competitive on the world market. This may be a sign of things to coome for Sweden and it may not be good.
- jox0
Ericsson will, probably H&M as well, those are like 15% of our BNP. Plus all small-firms working with other EU countries.
They're going down and they're gonna take the people with them.
I'm embarrassed to be a swede for the overall stupidity among us.
- unknown0
I wasn't too impressed by the EU saying it was ILLEGAL for the UK to ban GM foods - Hello, what sort of f*cking madness is that?!
I'm open to the currency provided its not simply a charity for poorer nations but this whole centralised govt thing is just a load of horseshit - there's no common sense to most of it, just BS like what you can and cant call chocolate and that your cucumbers must be straight - silly politicians.
- Nairn0
Thats a daft point - of course there are elements of the Eurocracy that are cretinous and idiotic... but then we have a wider bill on human rights, a greater envelope of law, a freer market, closer social integration and understanding... all things which have been pushed by the Euro agenda. Of course, in an ideal world, populations might automatically gravitate towards integrationism - but if people are getting needlesly protective over the chintz of their nationality then how long do you think that'd take?!
"go ask a Scotsman what they tried to do to his haggis."
- It tastes fucking awful, and is filled with ??? I'd not choose to eat?
- lowimpakt0
It a pity. I do admire the pride but in this case i feel its short-sighted. The madness since the introduction of the Euro was a shock for us all but the introduction of a new currency is bound to have teething problems.
You cant just introduce a new currency and centralised fiscal policies and expect it to run smoothly overnight. We did adapt to using the currency pretty much overnight though.
There are major problems with centralising of power but it also has many benefits. How much of European infrastructure was built with EU sponsorship etc.
- ********0
Hey Biri. I love my nationalistic ideology. Everyone else should love theirs too before it gets wiped out.
"One thing which is great is travelling around europe and not needing to worry about exchanging money."
Convenience over everything. How does it feel to be a consumer?
- jaybee0
YOU don't live with euro,
YOU haven't seen the major change that's happened here in Italy. Immagine:
the regular wage was 1.600.000 (lira) now it's 850.00 (euro's) (no change), BUT life is more expensive (double)........how do you explain that??
- ********0
Where are you from Nairn?
Sorry if I missed it...
- ximeraLabs0
I have to say that being a Belgian living in London/UK - i have to say I like the stronger position the UK pound has compared to the Euro. On the other hand I don't really see a negative side when Belgium joined the Euro...