June 3, 2005

WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD:

EU leaders forced to calm jitters over euro (Anthony Browne, 6/04/05, Times of London)

THE political crisis that has engulfed the European Union since France and the Netherlands rejected its proposed constitution yesterday threatened to spill over and damage the euro.

Embattled EU financial leaders spent the day defending the currency, dismissing talk of its break-up as “absurd”. One senior EU official said: “Euro notes and coins are for ever, like the euro.”


They'll be mulch anon.

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 3, 2005 7:29 PM
Comments

why do i have a mental image of people pushing around wheelbarrows full of euros ? of course, the dollar denominated price of a woman (in berlin or paris) will be pretty compelling.

Posted by: cjm at June 3, 2005 9:14 PM

"They'll be mulch anon."

Not the coins. Beer cans!

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at June 3, 2005 11:37 PM

When the Italian Welfare Minister suggests going back to he lira, you know things aren't going well.

Posted by: Gideon at June 4, 2005 8:13 AM
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