Should UK join the Euro Zone?
By ronaldinu
@ronaldinu (12422)
Malta
13 responses
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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1 Jan 09
NO! Becoming part of Europe was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain. Edward Heath tricked the population into joining based on a common marketplace. Subsequently we have seen serious assaults made on our sovereignty, our economy and our legal system to the faceless suits in Brussels. We are in recession and the strength of the Euro is alarming. But once recession starts to bite in those states that use the Euro it will weaken. Oh to have a referendum.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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1 Jan 09
Our economy will be. We will fall in line with other euro states and then suffer the vagaries not of our market, but all of Europe's economies be they weak or strong. We are allegedly the sixth strongest economy in the world. As we have no sizeable manufacturing base now, I wonder how that can be. The UK is in a mess largely of its own doing. We have been run by greedy bankers who chased fast bucks and conned the population into a "jam today" mentality. But harnessing ourselves to the Euro will not help us. However, as we live in a time of knee jerk politics, I suspect that we will end up losing our currency as well. There's no moral backbone in British politicians any more.
@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
24 Jan 09
What are the possible implications if the British pound joins the Euro zone?
Actually, some of my friends were discussing about the pounds and euros almost losing the distinct differences in terms of exchange rate here in my country. 
@littleowl (7157)
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2 Jan 09
Hi ronald..No I don't think it was wrong for Britain to opt out of the Euro..no matter how you look at it Britain is still its own country and is richer than others in staying with our own country's currency, wether it may be less than the Euro and Dollar or not....littleowl
@littleowl (7157)
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2 Jan 09
Hi Tamara' once we have come out of this 'blip' in the recession the pound will be stronger and we will be better off than some countries..let's just prsy thst this idiotic Government think we should change!! hugs littleowl
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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2 Jan 09
Hi littleowl,
I agree with you, I couldn't have put it better, other countries are Euros and they are so poor but I still think our pounds are and will be still stronger then the Euros, lets hope we don't go Euros like the rest. Love and hugs.
Tamara
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
1 Jan 09
I don't think that they want to join but right now the sterling is at par with the euro.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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1 Jan 09
Hi ronaldinu,
Yes, at the moment there are stronger, but how long with it last? I like the British pound and hope it will stay a British pound as our PM is talking about going Euro but why do we have to follow like sheep? I want British pound to stay that way.
Tamara
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
1 Jan 09
The only advantage for me would be that I would not need to make any money exchange when I visit your country :)
@littleowl (7157)
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2 Jan 09
Our country would be more expensive to yours if we had the Euro ronald no-one here wants the Euro, we will all be poorer and it would be very hard to live if we did! littleowl
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
14 Jan 09
No. The UK should keep the pound.Why should she follow everyone else? they are a little different so they should keep the pound.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
I think it depends on British govt although the way I see it when it comes to recession all currencies are affected anyway
It doesn't matter economy zone or not it's global
I've heard people from europe aren't happy using Euro too anyway
because it's an economy zone so currency is not the only thing that will change in value
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
2 Jan 09
I think the world is having a recession at the moment. The British Pound has gone up and down related to other currencies. I am glad that it didn't adopt the Euro. It is about a countries identity however traveling in mainland Europe I don't have to carry ten different currencies anymore. I hope that the British Pound will recover in a few years time. Whenever I have been to the USA Sterling has been low and I have got poor value. It was strong in Australia however.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
2 Jan 09
No, i dun think so.. All along, Pounds are pretty strong on their own, and they are not really affected by most economy crisis etc.. It's just that this recent happenings had a huge impact on it, and thus their value started to drop by a little.. BUt i believe by time, this recession ends, pounds will bounce back again, and Euro will only be on par with pounds, but definitely wont be stronger than it ^_^
@yoursonlyurs (394)
• India
17 Jan 09
i leave it the people of UK to decide.
they can decide better than us.
