Is the UK changing to the EURO?

Question

Is the UK changing to the EURO?

Answer 1

Not in the near future.  In fact I doubt it will any time in the next 10 years.

British people are somewhat patriotic, and the notion of conforming to some European currency is not all that palatable to them.  Especially since Germans (who they fought in two world wars) are a big part of the whole Euro thing.

To give you an American frame of reference, it would be like America agreeing to give up the dollar for an Americano, a currency adopted by all of the American continent, and invented by Mexico.  It wouldn't be a popular idea.

Answer 2

Nooooo...... Who told you that??????

Answer 3

This will not happen until there is economic convergence (unlikely in the foreseeable future) and the British people as a whole want it (ditto).

Contrary to what other answerers have said the British pound is not strong - it is the Euro which is strong.

Answer 4

No, it's too strong at the moment but I wish they would.

I don't think the Queen cares one way or the other, she could still appear on one side of the coins it's just the notes that universal.

Edit:  Sterling is still quite a strong currency, it is falling in value.  The Euro is gaining strength but not that quickly.

Answer 5

Not yet, but we should.

We have this delusion that 20 miles of The English Channel place us closer to the US than Europe. Hiding behind the ermines of our German monarchy is no reason to ignore the fact that the UK is part of Europe and could take a leading role in shaping the future of a world superpower.

Instead, many Brits have their noses out of joint because they used to be a world power on our own terms - the greatest empire the world had ever known, the sun never sets on the Union Jack, etc etc - but we insist on clinging to archaic symbols like a medieval monarchy and all its anachronistic trappings.

We have aligned ourselves with the current imperial power in the world and have this misguided notion that America cares about our allegiance to whatever overpriced and unwarranted military strategy is necessary to keep errant trading partners in line. So we refuel rendition flights, send our citizens to die in American wars and hand over acreage to US bases so they can spy on our phone calls.

The Eurozone is enjoying stable interest rates, falling unemployment and a surging currency while Gordon Brown dithers, worried about offending the xenophobes and reactionaries who would prefer this country be kept in the dark ages.

Believe it or not the UK was an early participant in the great European participant, but then we aligned ourselves with the US.

The conservative media in this country loves moaning about how the Human Rights Act is ruining this country, without ever mentioning that Churchill wrote it.

Tradition is worth nothing if it stands in the way of progress. If we clung to old ideas 'because that's the way it's always been' then we'd be back living in the slums drinking sewage-tainted water, choking on smog, with children working in the mines!

Answer 6

i dont think so.... britian is a monarchy and the queen would be upset if that happens specially since she is still alive..and secondly the british people are too proud to be british and they arent the same as other european countries they are quite unique...thridly the pound is soo much stronger than the euro!! so why change it !