Meltdown: French say 'Non' to the euro ^
Posted by alnitak
On 12/28/2006 4:33:36 AM EST · 2 replies · 88+ views
The Telegraph ^ | Last Updated: 10:55pm GMT 27/12/2006 | By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The French people have turned against monetary union for the first time since the launch of the euro five years ago, underscoring the fragility of an experiment that draws its lifeblood from French and German popular acceptance. A TNS Sofres poll released today by Le Pèlerin magazine found that 52pc of the French public now regard the euro as a "bad thing", blaming it for price jumps and job losses. While the professional elites still favour EMU by a wide margin, some 71pc of blue-collar workers now say the euro has hurt them personally. A quarter of all French still...
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Wouldn't it be funny to see half of Europe abandon th EURO while half the rest of the world tries to accept it?
Wouldn't THAT be an interesting scenario??