President Donald Trump says his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are coming on Saturday. Trump also said he'll "probably” decide on Thursday night whether to include oil from those countries as part of his import taxes.
Can you please explain why you think currency sovereignty is such a big hangup? I see lots of potential issues with joining the EU, but having to use the Euro doesn’t even register for me as a problem.
See my reply to the other commenter in this thread. Additionally, currency sovereignty is a cornerstone of modern monetary theory, were Canada to want to adopt something like that.
i agree, and never said it was, however currency sovereignty being a sacred cow isn’t a great way to form policy
why is it good? what does it give you? (youve answered in another comment a couple; there are plenty!)
but single market relies on single currency, and that gets you a whole lot too. you said you’d like to join the EU but not the single currency, but the UK proved that situation was sorta shit for the whole EU
you can’t really be part of the single market the way it’s intended without being part of the single currency
Can you please explain why you think currency sovereignty is such a big hangup? I see lots of potential issues with joining the EU, but having to use the Euro doesn’t even register for me as a problem.
See my reply to the other commenter in this thread. Additionally, currency sovereignty is a cornerstone of modern monetary theory, were Canada to want to adopt something like that.
okay but it’s also kinda the cornerstone of the single market sooooo
Giving up your national currency for one managed by the European Central Bank is the opposite of currency sovereignty.
i agree, and never said it was, however currency sovereignty being a sacred cow isn’t a great way to form policy
why is it good? what does it give you? (youve answered in another comment a couple; there are plenty!)
but single market relies on single currency, and that gets you a whole lot too. you said you’d like to join the EU but not the single currency, but the UK proved that situation was sorta shit for the whole EU
you can’t really be part of the single market the way it’s intended without being part of the single currency