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> wrote:
( at http://nutmegcollector.blogspot.com/
)
| European Union members currently chosen not to
| join - Denmark, Sweden and United Kingdom.
Legally, Denmark and the UK are the only member states that had the
right to opt out. The two joined the EC/EU before the Maastricht Treaty,
which they would otherwise have blocked.
Sweden is basically in the same camp as Poland, Latvia or Hungary for
example: The country is "theoretically" obliged to join. But if any EU
member state wants to stay out of the currency union, so what - there
will always be some who have a different currency ...
Denmark is a somewhat strange case, by the way - the country did on one
hand not join Euroland but OTOH the krone is almost tied to the euro,
with a fluctuation band of only 2.25 percent. The government apparently
plans another euro referendum.
| Non European Union States:
| Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and Vatican.
Monaco, San Marino and Vatican actually have monetary agreements with
the European Union. The other three above just use the euro without any
formal agreements.
Christian
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