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Message:: [QUOTE="chrisild, post: 470085, member: 39"]Being able to use the same cash everywhere around here (for me that is primarily DE, NL, BE) sure is great. And while plastic has made it easier to make payments in other currencies, I still pay a "foreign usage" fee whenever I make a credit card payment outside Euroland. As for currencies coming to an "end", let's be a little more realistic here. There are two EU members than opted out, Denmark and the UK. As for Britain, the country will not and should not be part of our currency union. Denmark plans to have a referendum in 2011 or so, but since the Danish krone is "tied" to the euro anyway (ERM-II, minimal fluctuation), it is not such a top priority for them, I think. Sweden? Like all EU member states except for the two mentioned above, Sweden is theoretically obliged to introduce the euro once it meets the convergence criteria. Judging from the latest opinion polls, a referendum about this issue would end with a No majority just like in 2003. If they want to stay out, fine, if they change their mind, fine. Now Iceland is a different story. The country is not an EU member (something that a majority in the population, but not the government, would like to change), it may however introduce the euro unilaterally, like Andorra or Montenegro. Another option would be to keep the krona but, like Bulgaria for example, set up some currency board system ... Christian[/QUOTE]