Will Sweden vote in favour of the Euro ?

[Skylimit]

No Euro but "worldo"

In that era, to dollar will be called the "weirdo"

[jkl]

Hmm... Sweden, Denmark and UK will all have a referendum about euro. But what about the current euro-countries? Finland didn't vote about euro, what about the others? I can't remember, but I guess most of them didn't (correct me if I'm wrong).

[nodisch18]

holland did not

[Skylimit]

Belgium did not

(I think neither did Germany, France had a referendum I think almost 50-50 pro and against, ...., I don't remember)

[Donald]

Neither Germany

[eurobillsandcoins]

Sweden should join the euro. I voted YES.

[Olivier]

The current countries said yes to euro with the Maastricht treaty

Finland, Austria, Sweden said yes when they joined the Union in 1995, but Sweden got a delay...

The candidates will have to join as soon as they can.

O.

[jkl]

It doesn't look too good at the moment. New poll: 41 % for, 46 % against.
http://www.helsinginsanomat.fi/tuoreet/ ... 030222OL13 (in Finnish)

[K3lvin]

Their opinion seems to change with every poll!
Here's a chart about EMU-membership opinion in Sweden by Dagens Nyheter:
(Ja = Yes, Nej = No, Vet ej = Doesn't know)
http://www.dn.se/content/1/c6/11/11/30/temoeuro.swf

[K3lvin]

Now the date is set for Swedens euro referendum:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtm ... ID=2368618

"Swedish parliament approves Sept 14 EMU vote date

STOCKHOLM, March 12 (Reuters) - The Swedish parliament passed legislation as expected on Wednesday enabling a referendum on euro membership to be held on September 14.

The single-chamber house voted 270-40 with four abstentions and 35 members not present on the bill, the content of which was agreed by political party leaders late last year.

In just over six months, Sweden's almost seven million citizens of voting age will be asked to cast "Yes" or "No" ballots on the question: "Do you think Sweden should introduce the euro as its currency?"

The referendum result is not legally binding but all political parties are committed to respecting the outcome although Prime Minister Goran Persson, who wants Sweden to adopt the euro, has said a new referendum cannot be ruled out in case of a "No" majority in September.

Recent opinion polls have put euro opponents ahead of supporters. If the "No" side wins, a possible second euro referendum would not come until after the next parliamentary election in September 2006, political analysts say."

Let's just hope it passes. The recent polls don't look so good.

[Olivier]

Let's just hope it passes. The recent polls don't look so good.

We have time, untill september...

[BossaNova]

the polls aren't that good for the Euro side..

No: 40%
Yes: 30%
Maybe No: 14%
Maybe Yes: 14%
Undecided: 3%


but today a tragic event my have a positive efect in the Yes vote.. the Swedish foreign minister stabbed, and she's a Yes-politician..

bn

[BossaNova]

interisting...

""Historically there has been a certain mistrust of continental Europe," he says. "The popular project was the United States, one million Swedes left Sweden before World War I out of a population of four or five million.

"Most people have relations in America, and we have been increasingly open to the Anglo-Saxon culture."

in BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3083160.stm)


bn

[esperantisto]

BTW - my sympathies go out to the Swedish EBT-ers over the attack on the foreign minister.

[Annie_in_exile]

Foreign minister Anna Lindh has died in hospital. This could bring Sweden into turmoil, like the murder of Olof Palme years ago. (Well, not literally, but the citizens in a calm, democratic and free country must feel a terrible loss of security.) My sympathy goes to the whole Sweden.