But you were inducted into the EU,in 1973, why not the "Euro?"?

Answer 1

I wasn't.

Nor was my country.

Thanks for two points!

Answer 2

Britain joined the EEC in 1973 after a referendum. It should have joined at the start as when it did join it had to play by the rules of the founders. If we had been in at the start we could have helped make the rules. A lot of anti-Europeans in the UK will tell you we should never joined. The Euro started a lot later. The Euro (€) as a coin currency was launched in 2002 and it means that people living in the eurozone can use the same money and send money from country to country fo no, or very little charge. New countries joining the EU can introduce the currency when their economies meet guidlines laid down for joining. The UK decided not to join as the pound (£)is seen as being stronger and so far this has been the case. The € has gained a great deal against the US$ since it's introduction and will become more popular as a reserve currency for countries around the world. The time will come (I think) that the € will grow stronger than the £ and the UK will have missed the boat again.

Answer 3

For the moment and foreseeable future, the British people are undecided on the Euro. The issue is on the back burner and from time to time the flame is turned up a bit and we have a shouting session and then go back to being undecided.

The Irish signed up to the Euro, along with other EU countries, and most now regret it - esp. the Irish. One Irish person said that prices doubled overnight when they went over to the Euro and got rid of the Irish Punt.

Answer 4

because it tends to bounce like a kiddies ball, the rate never is settled and who in their right minds invests in a currecy that devalues each time a new member state signs up for it...can u see what will happen if turkey en the other easten europe 3rd world states join the exchange rate mec.... you will need to fill wheel barrows with euro's to buy bread...bit like the last euro currency in 1945... the nazi riechsmark (well, german anyway...more or less the same thing).

in short only a mad fool, a frenchmen or a liberal democrat supports it... the germans hate it, the danes mock it, the spanish en italians are tooo drunk to care en who cares what the greeks en other non entities think as they all did rather well out of it cos their old currecy sucked big time (note that wages in greece still aint caught up to pre euro lv's en agitation is rising).

Save the pound and sit back with a glass of port, a bag of nibbles en enjoy the site of europe imploding again when it all go's horribly wrong! i cant wait to see half of europe go under personaly.... but then im a british subject and a patriot rather then a brain dead moron from brussels or the southwest corner of uk (liberal land..a new theme park for the mentaly disabled and drunks).

Answer 5

What a good answer from Zarathust.
I too can't wait to see Euroland implode.
Anything built on dodgy foundations will sink.
The greed and corruption, not to mention the lies and bullying will eventually lead to its downfall - big time.
I would like to see published a list of all the British subjects who have signed us up to laws, agreements, charters, directives etc, so we know exactly where the blame lies when the end of this madness finally arrives.
Let's out the quislings!

Answer 6

Britain is NOT undecided on the joining of the EURO.
If we voted on it tomorrow, it will be a resounding NO.
Thats why we will never get a vote on it.
And no government can take us into the EURO without the people voting on it first.

Answer 7

Another good answer from Zarathust... I have never liked the idea of europe at all. I think its a waste of money and I don't like Johny Foreigner telling us what to do and when to do and how to do it.
Britian gives far more in money than we recieve back in grants. I would rather see all the money spent in the UK.