Valuy@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 12 days agoBritain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit departmentwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down13
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkBritain should seek to rejoin EU, says civil servant who led Brexit departmentwww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarefavoredponcho@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·12 days agoAnd the EU should not give them good terms. Time for them to use the Euro. The pound is dead.
minus-squareSpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·12 days agoThere’s the Copenhagen Criteria for new members which requires a commitment to sign up to the Euro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_criteria
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 days agoThey get the same terms as everyone else.
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoThere is no real way for the EU to enforce Euro adaption. It‘s mandatory. I think Denmark is the only official exception for some reason. But you can‘t force Poland, Austria or Sweden to adopt the Euro even when they vowed to adopt it.
And the EU should not give them good terms. Time for them to use the Euro. The pound is dead.
There’s the Copenhagen Criteria for new members which requires a commitment to sign up to the Euro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_criteria
They get the same terms as everyone else.
There is no real way for the EU to enforce Euro adaption. It‘s mandatory. I think Denmark is the only official exception for some reason. But you can‘t force Poland, Austria or Sweden to adopt the Euro even when they vowed to adopt it.