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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3518247, member: 39&quot;]Theoretically, in the extremely long run, yes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Practically ... nah, I don&#039;t think so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently there are eight EU member states (not counting the UK) that do not have the euro: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden. Of these eight, only Denmark has an opt-out as the country was already a member before the 1992/93 Maastricht Treaty.</p><p><br /></p><p>All others have to introduce the euro eventually, once they meet the convergence criteria. Now in some of these countries, the governments have stated that &quot;we are not there yet&quot;, or they had votes that kept the governments from moving on. And some other member states do not meet the criteria. That is why I wrote we will &quot;always&quot; have EU member states that have the euro, and others that do not. In such a situation there is no point in saying, hey you, all others have it, you should follow suit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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