Assess weather or not the United Kingdom should join the single currency.
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Katrina McDonald BABI1 EME 200315803 Friday 13th August 2004 Section B Q4 The euro is the single currency of twelve European Union countries: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. "Around 7.8 billion euro notes and 40.4 billion euro coins, together worth €144 billion" were put into general circulation by the central banks on 1st January 2001. Yes to Europe to the euro (2003) Killer facts [online] available from http://www.yes-campaign.com/site/home [accessed 5th august 2004] The single currency is controlled through the European Central Bank, which was established in 1998 in Frankfurt, Germany. Three European union nations have so far opted not to join the single currency, these are Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The aim of this essay is to assess weather or not the United Kingdom should join the single currency. I will do this by outlining the pros and cons of the euro and what it would...


