What will the next country to get euro?

[Tiger]

Nice one Craft
I think you already know more Dutch than I know Finnish

[Donald]

och joeng, ge zijt gewoon een ambetanterikske !

I try to translate: "Oh boy, you are just a boring person!"

"Ambetant" has a meaning like "boring". "Ambetanterik" is a boring person and "ambetanterikske" is the diminuitive of this.
This word was not known to 2 Dutch colleagues I asked today. Finally I emailed a Belgian colleague who wrote me that Belgians know more about the Dutch language than the Dutchmen.

[Tiger]

hehe
*sjjjjjjjj*


btw, I was just kidding, Craft !
You are absolutely NO boring person !
Not at all

Olen pahoillani, anteeksi.

[wouter]

och joeng, ge zijt gewoon een ambetanterikske !

I try to translate: "Oh boy, you are just a boring person!"

"Ambetant" has a meaning like "boring". "Ambetanterik" is a boring person and "ambetanterikske" is the diminuitive of this.
This word was not known to 2 Dutch colleagues I asked today. Finally I emailed a Belgian colleague who wrote me that Belgians know more about the Dutch language than the Dutchmen.

ambetanterikske is absolutly not dutch it is an flamish accent
when i write down some words in an accent of the north of the netherlands tiger would probably not understand it either

[Tiger]

ambetanterikske is absolutly not dutch it is an flamish accent
when i write down some words in an accent of the north of the netherlands tiger would probably not understand it either

Hehe, go ahead, I'll try to guess what you mean

[Olivier]

IMHO, there will be soon a referendum both in Denmark and Sweden.
And I think they'll join the euro-zone together.

Missed!

[esperantisto]

Here's a wild guess:
First Denmark votes yes
Second Slovenia meets requirements
Third Estonia meets requirements
BUT, Euronotes become only legal tender in the order: Denmark, Estonia, Slovenia.

... as I said ... wild guess.

[Olivier]

Here's a wild guess:
First Denmark votes yes
Second Slovenia meets requirements
Third Estonia meets requirements
BUT, Euronotes become only legal tender in the order: Denmark, Estonia, Slovenia.

... as I said ... wild guess.

I would rather think eastern countries will get the euro before Denmark, Sweden and the UK. But the weight of these 3 countries will decrease more and more as long as new countries get the euro... they'll follow sooner or later.
After the swedish referendum, I think Slovenia, Estonia, maybe Poland and the Czech Republic will join first. Cyprus is also OK with the Maastricht criteria.

[Fundamental]

Estonia is one of the first deffinitelly.. hopefully Denmark also..

[Aaron]

Estonia is one of the first deffinitelly.. hopefully Denmark also..

I'm not sure but I guess Denmark has taken care it can join to EMU in a very short time. They have kept the euro - crown rate very stable. How is it, does anyone know that if Denmark decided to join euro now how soon could they do it in practice

[Craft]

How is it, does anyone know that if Denmark decided to join euro now how soon could they do it in practice

Denmark is very tightly bound to EMU already. Denmark is within ERM2 and the currency rate against the Euro is almost a constant. Notice the almost flat blue line:


My understanding is that Denmark contstantly meets all the criteria for the Euro, and the main difference to the eurozone is that the Danes just don't use cash euros. So I guess after a positive referendum they would just need the time to arrange the changeover in practice (print the notes and coins, change the cashiers' equipment etc.).

More info at the Danish National Bank website (in English):
http://www.nationalbanken.dk/DNUK/Euro. ... enDocument

[esperantisto]

Well, my wild guess was based on:

1. As you see the Danish Kronor is almost constant against the Euro. Many places in Denmark accept the Euro, and they don't seem to viciously against it like Sweden.

2. Slovenia has the best economy of the new countries coming in, they've just got to wait their 2 years, BUT they will have to set an exchange rate and slowly transition to the new currency.

3. Estonia has a good economy (not as good as Slovenia), but it's currency is already a multiple of the Euro. They can already use Euros now w/o big problems, so they will convert easiest of all.

[Olivier]

Esperantisto, do you read some articles in the US press, about the euro? What do the Americans think about it?

[esperantisto]

Well, americans don't generally have too much of an opinion on the rest of the world unless they disagree with us. ;-)
I think people find the euro mildly interesting, but probably support Britain, et al staying out. We are (as a country) fiercly independant (mind you, the rest of the world is supposed to just blindly follow us...) so "staying out" is understood behaviour.

[Olivier]

Well, americans don't generally have too much of an opinion on the rest of the world unless they disagree with us.
I think people find the euro mildly interesting, but probably support Britain, et al staying out. We are (as a country) fiercly independant (mind you, the rest of the world is supposed to just blindly follow us...) so "staying out" is understood behaviour.

Here, in Canada, the opinion is different. I have heard a very interesting emission on Radio-Canada this morning. It was about the monetary war which would have start
Economists said the collapse of the US dollar is very hard for the canadian exports. One economist said "our major client's economy is in a bad situation".
The euro is an alternative for the banking reserve, but it is not a solution as 80% of the Canadian trade is made with the USA...

People are glad that the CAD climb the summit / the USD. "It's cheaper to go to New York" we can hear.

I hope all the situation with the deficits will be better, soon or later. The world economy is sat down on a bomb worse than in 1929.