OT EUSSR to cost us even more

[harry]

If the frogs get their way.

Simple cash transfers. Rich (us) to poor (Basket cases in E Europe.)

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

If it's to work like the US (and I'm guessing that's their intent), then I think it's inevitable.

[Nightjar]

When did we join the Eurozone Harry?

[harry]

The next time Labour gets into power. Cameron would pay up anyway!

[Dave Plowman (News)]

When was the Eurozone created Harry? Which UK government declined to join it?

Or are facts too much of a problem for you?

[Fredxxx]

A long time ago and not sure how relevant that is today.

The EU scene then was very different to that after enlargement in 2004. Which UK government was in power then?

[Chris Hogg]

The Eurozone comprises those European countries that use the Euro as their currency. We do not use the Euro; we are not part of the Eurozone. In the article linked to by Harry, it said that the French finance minister was calling for a more integrated Eurozone, allowing fiscal transfers between richer and poorer countries. Unless we join the Euro (pretty unlikely in view of the events of the last few years in Greece etc.), it won't apply to us.

[Fredxxx]

Ahh - my misreading of Eurozone!

[Adrian]

It's not exactly a hard one to get right, if you have even the _vaguest_ grasp of basic current affairs.