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Polish lawmakers have started a debate to decide when the country should adopt the euro, the currency used by 17 European Union nations.
foxnews.com (2 months and 29 days ago)

There is a strong case for Germany to make a definitive choice whether to accept eurobonds or to leave the euro• The speech in fullThe euro crisis has already transformed the European Union from a voluntary association of equal states into a creditor-debtor relationship from which there is no easy escape. The creditors stand to lose large sums should a member state exit the...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 8 days ago)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have started a debate to decide when the country should adopt the euro, the currency used by 17 European Union nations.
boston.com (2 months and 29 days ago)
May 7 - Unemployment and banking union - two key areas which need to be addressed if the euro zone is to overcome its troubles any time soon. That's the view of many as a conference on the future of the euro zone takes place in Brussels. Joanna Partridge reports
reuters.com (11 days ago)
There is a debate among market observers over whether the capital controls in Cyprus mean that there are, in effect, two euros now. It is argued by some investment banks and some economists that the capital controls create a Cypriot euro that is different from the euro elsewhere in the monetary union. While we understand the the argument, we continue to demur. We do not...
zerohedge.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
With current low interest rates, the County Commission could save an estimated $380,000 per year by refinancing some bonds issued in 2004, and the savings would accrue to about $2.76 million by the time the bonds are paid off.
theleafchronicle.com (2 months and 16 days ago)
BERLIN – Cyprus and the European Union on Monday reached a deal on a bailout that will drastically reshape the island nation’s economy in the name of salvaging its government’s finances. The agreement comes after a week of high-stakes negotiations in which European leaders came closer than ever before to cutting a support lifeline to a member of the 17-nation euro currency...
washingtonpost.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
With the 'temporary' capital controls being imposed in Cyprus, Credit Suisse explains why a Cypriot euro not equal to a euro from any other member country. Furthermore, the clear fabrication of a 'seven-day' period for these controls (when monthly and quarterly limits on spending are also included) is questioned as they ask how such capital controls could eventually be...
zerohedge.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Brussels Beat: With few exceptions, senior European policy makers agree that the euro zone needs a "banking union" to correct flaws in its makeup that have been laid bare by the region's financial crisis. Trouble is, they don't agree what "banking union" means
wsj.com (30 days ago)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone can make progress on creating a banking union before having to take a decision on whether a change to the European Union treaty is necessary, the head of euro zone finance ministers said on Monday. The 17 countries sharing the euro want to set up a banking union under which Europe's biggest banks will be supervised by the European Central...
yahoo.com (6 days ago)
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