Will Sweden vote in favour of the Euro ?

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 5:31 pm

Great site about Sweden: http://www.sweden.se/

choose the link Sweden & Swedes.. really cool site to know a litle more about the country and people.. and to correct old myths about Sweden as well.. (like polar bears or suicides..)

don't know nothing like these about Portugal

bn

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:59 pm

www.val.se is most probably a good place to watch if you're interested in the Euro vote results. Results should start pouring it at about 20:00 Swedish (CET) time if I've understood correctly.

Let's see if Finland gets a neighbour Euro country, I sure hope so

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 5:42 pm

avij wrote:www.val.se is most probably a good place to watch if you're interested in the Euro vote results. Results should start pouring it at about 20:00 Swedish (CET) time if I've understood correctly.

Let's see if Finland gets a neighbour Euro country, I sure hope so

The suspens is high. Still 2 hours to wait...
I hope they'll vote yes!
I put a little swedish flag on my desk, today.

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:14 pm

They just had an item about the referendum in sweden here on the Belgian news
not all votes were counted

but 46% said Yes
and 52% said no
the other 2% were undecided

I think it's sad but No seems to be winning

how stupid can you be

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:25 pm

Those numbers sound like unofficial polls by the gallup companies to me. Of course the votes haven't been counted yet, the poll stations closed just 20 minutes ago.

The official status as of now:

Yes: 30.2%
No: 68.1%
Empty: 1.6%

.. but this is based on results received from 29 out of 5976 polling places, things might still change. I'd venture to guess that the most Yes votes come from bigger cities, and the cities are the biggest polling places and thus counting the votes in those polling places is going to take longer. That's why I expect the percentage of Yes votes to rise, it remains to be seen if it's going to be enough. But it looks bad

I'm watching SVT at the moment, some people are being interviewed about their voting decisions.

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:27 pm

this was told on the news in Belgium on the public channel

but eitherway yes is not winning

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:44 pm

!Pretfles! wrote:how stupid can you be

Well, they're Swedes, what else can you expect from them?

(sorry)

So it looks like we Finns are going to have a southern Euro neighbour before Sweden comes to their senses and joins EMU. Interesting.

Too bad for Sweden, see you again in 2013!

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:46 pm

!Pretfles! wrote: but eitherway yes is not winning

Never mind... 10 new countries will come into Europe next year. The euro will soon arrive in new countries.

BTW, I wonder how to get EBT known in these countries? Is there somebody who could translate it into a polish version?

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:47 pm

how did it happen the first time?
it was only in french and english
wasn't it?

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:49 pm

!Pretfles! wrote:how did it happen the first time?
it was only in french and english
wasn't it?

Yes!

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:51 pm

Olivier wrote:BTW, I wonder how to get EBT known in these countries? Is there somebody who could translate it into a polish version?

Well, we have (at least) two years to find such a person, I don't think we need to worry about that just yet.

For the record, here are the current stats:

Yes: 36,3%
No: 61.7%
Blank: 2.0%

1165 of 5976 districts counted.

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:54 pm

Oh yes, does someone know if this is a binding referendum (is there such a thing)? I think the Swedish Parliament has the final say on this matter, so if the results are very even the Swedes might get into EMU after all, assuming the members of the parliament are wise enough.

!Pretfles! · Post by **!Pretfles!** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:59 pm

otherwise an economic sanction
no more Volvo or Ikea

avij · Post by **avij** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:59 pm

I wasn't unfortunately watching or listening very closely on SVT, but I think I saw a graph on the screen that displayed a prediction that the Yes side might win after all

Man, this is getting interesting.

Yes: 37,8%
No: 60,2%
Blank: 2,0%

2010 of 5976.

Women:
- Yes: 40%
- No: 58%
- Blank: 2%
Men:
- Yes: 52%
- No: 46%
- Blank: 2%

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » Sun Sep 14, 2003 9:02 pm

avij wrote:
For the record, here are the current stats:

Yes: 36,3%
No: 61.7%
Blank: 2.0%

1165 of 5976 districts counted.

You're following the vote in TV?

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Will Sweden vote in favour of the Euro ?

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