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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Glad i made it there during last summer so, the euro always seems to round up the prices of goods and services. Inter-railing won't be same again
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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Can Slovakia afford to join the Euro?
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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Good news for the Euro and for Slovakia.

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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Quote Originally Posted by myk
    Good news for the Euro and for Slovakia.
    That's utter nonsense. The euro gains nothing by an impoverished Eastern European country adopting it.

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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Quote Originally Posted by twtone
    Quote Originally Posted by myk
    Good news for the Euro and for Slovakia.
    That's utter nonsense. The euro gains nothing by an impoverished Eastern European country adopting it.
    It gets a larger internal market.
    Nothing will motivate the lazy / apathetic / Americanised / west-British types to embrace their culture and the Irish language.

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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Quote Originally Posted by twtone
    Quote Originally Posted by myk
    Good news for the Euro and for Slovakia.
    That's utter nonsense. The euro gains nothing by an impoverished Eastern European country adopting it.
    Slovakia ! Impoverished ?????

    Its above Estonia, Lithuania and Poland in GDP per head.

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    The Czechs will be p1ssed off the Slovaks beat them too it.
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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    Quote Originally Posted by seabhcan
    The Czechs will be p1ssed off the Slovaks beat them too it.
    The Czechs want nothing to do with the euro.Believe me I have a czech girlfriend,the mere mention of the Czechs joining and Iam sleeping on the couch.

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    Re: Slovakia is to join Euro Zone

    The euro, unlike Lisbon, is one of the good things about the EU. As such I welcome Slovakia to the club.

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