The Euro Reviews

The way things are now ,we are getting ripped I dont think this is the right place? - Advantages: easy to change money - Disadvantages: We are getting ripped off

The Euro. The coming together of Europe. The beginning of the end for all those pesky pesetas and loathsome lire. But, what about us? The Pound has stood firm during the recent world economic recession, compared to the US, where markets only just kept their heads above water. The Euro too was close to buckling under the strain, but it too managed ...

Holland has expressed the feelings of all the no voters in Europe that the people will not stand for whats going on. The Dutch left wing elected government took away their Guilder currency without asking them, so they took away the government. Vim Fontayne may not have been the right guy for them if he had lived to rule the roost, but the ...

This is just gonna have to be a shorty. My boss is after blood! Ok, so joining the Euro might not be as drastic as forming a European super state but try this. Knock on your neighbour's door and suggest you get a joint bank account. If they don't laugh in your idiotic face try to imagine how long it would last before before you ...

Well, I have definitely nailed my colours to the mast here haven't I? What I hope is that, in the course of this diatribe, sorry opinion, I will outline the reasons why I think that the United Kingdom should join the Euro. I will also be highlighting traditional questions that crop up and answering them in my own inimitable style. But first ...

I don't know about you but part of the fun of going on holiday for me is going to bank and gettin the country's currency, cheking the exchange rates and generally getting used to it. But this Year im going to Greece and will not be gettin the drachma or whatever the money there is, but will be getting Euros!! Ok this is the first time ive ...

So now we know for certain. We live in a country called Europe, we are ruled from Brussels. Our laws are made by unelected foreign bureaucrats, not by Parliament. We are no longer a sovereign nation in charge of our own affairs. That is the effect of a recent ruling in the High Court against five Metric Martyrs prosecuted for ...

Theres a lot of confusion about this - especially for me. Don't get me wrong - I'm no patriot, but I do feel that the currency of a country somehow gives it a face on the world economy..an identity if you will. Therefore when reading this opinion you will have to bear in mind I'm ever so slightly again the Euro being used in Britain - ...

I'm not really a political animal these days (though I was more so in my youth) so I won't be going deeply political here but seeing it more from the layman in the streets point of view. The Euro? Should we stay or should we go now? So far, as I am aware, the UK seems to be the only European nation fiercely resisting converting to ...

£0=€0 so I don't care. - Advantages: People that go to Europe won't have the incovenience of changing currency (like the rest of us care!) - Disadvantages: I hate the protection racket argument (join or your business will suffer!), and the changeover will be chaos.

After the second world war a triumphant Britain had a unique chance to reshape Europe while chief rivals Germany and France were reeling after five devastating years of conflict. But prime minister Clement Attlee, sharing the same assumptions as a Tory party led by the irascible old imperalist Winston Churchill, instead preferred to trust ...

The European economic improvements were a myth.The poorer countries lap up our money, I can't wait!! - Advantages: cheaper for business - Disadvantages: federalism is the goal, decided without a poll, they have no soul

For as long as I’ve been politically conscious, there has always been a debate about something to do with Europe. The latest is now, “should Britain join the Euro”? There seem to be pros and cons, which can be equally well argued by both sides of the debate. My personal view is that Britain should join. The decision, in my ...

If I'm off somewhere, indulging myself with a spot of much needed retail therapy, all that really matters is that I have a sufficient supply of money with me. What the money is called is unimportant. If it's Pounds, Euros or even Dollars - so what, as long as it has equal purchasing power. It would be easier for me, of course, ...

It seems to be a general assumption amongst most commentators and the general public that the central bank has to set the "base rate". At the moment the central bank for the UK is the Bank of England. The Monetary Committee meets in a smokey room once a month and decides how much our mortgage is going to cost us. If we joined the ...

For as long as I’ve been politically conscious, there has always been a debate about something to do with Europe. The latest is now, “should Britain join the Euro”? There seem to be pros and cons, which can be equally well argued by both sides of the debate. My personal view is that Britain should join. The decision, in my ...

Should Britain join the Euro? You can find numerous polls online asking this question with absolutely no information provided as to the pros and cons whatsoever, most of these seems to come back a resounding NO!! The fact is most people have no idea what it would mean, the advantages and disadvantages are seem in very simplistic terms to ...

When people on both the left and right talk about 'The Euro' they are both using (Or should that be abusing!) the issue of a single european currency as the way of levering political advantage. The Economic Arguments for or against a single currency are to be honest laughable. The Euro will for the most part act in exactly the ...

Recently I was visiting Paris it was in Euros. I found the Euros easy to use, nice to look, at and had Britain in the centre of the coin. The coin mad a lot more sense than the Franc in the amounts used. You were not spending in thousands but in tens and hundreds. The French people were keen on the Euro and actually preferred it to the ...

On January 1 2002 counries across Europe transferred from there personal currency, such as the franc and the deutschmark, to enter a new era. They joined forces and joined the Euro, the new currency across Europe. However, Britain did not. Why? It is a traditional government view to look forwards into the future. The Euro is the future. ...