Britain considering joining eurozone...and a telling comment.

[Manedwolf]

Britain is considering joining the eurozone as a direct consequence of global financial turmoil, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.

"We are now closer than ever before. I'm not going to break the confidentiality of certain conversations, but some British politicians have already told me: 'If we had the euro, we would have been better off'," Barroso told a weekly French news programme, referring to the fall in the pound's value since markets and liquidity meltdown earlier this year.

"The British have an enormous quality, one of many, that is they are pragmatic," he said on the panel of a joint RTL-LCI radio and television broadcast. "This crisis has emphasised the importance of the euro, and also of Britain," he added.

"I don't mean this will happen tomorrow, I know that the majority (of British people) are still opposed, but there is a period of consideration underway and the people which matter in Britain are currently thinking about it," the former Portuguese prime minister said.

Barroso pointed to the case of Denmark, another EU state which has so far refused to accept the euro but is now planning another referendum on the single currency. The Danish voted against joining in 2000.

Bet that makes the Brits here feel all warm and fuzzy? The EC president, who might be your new economic leader, thinks that only the powerbrokers are the "people who matter" in your country. Very nice!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081130204959.yq2a770m&show_article=1

[agricola]

Bet that makes the Brits here feel all warm and fuzzy? The EC president, who might be your new economic leader, thinks that only the powerbrokers are the "people who matter" in your country. Very nice!

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081130204959.yq2a770m&show_article=1

Quick post as I have to go to work, but that right there is why the EU is so incredibly dangerous as it is.  Several months ago the Irish had a referendum on the acceptance of the Lisbon treaty.  They were the only nation in Europe to enjoy this priviledge.  They voted no, just like nearly every other country probably would have.  The response of the EU?  They threatened, cajoled and are attempting to bribe the Irish so that they hold another referendum, when the pro-EU argument will be "explained" better.

 

[Manedwolf]

Quick post as I have to go to work, but that right there is why the EU is so incredibly dangerous as it is.  Several months ago the Irish had a referendum on the acceptance of the Lisbon treaty.  They were the only nation in Europe to enjoy this priviledge.  They voted no, just like nearly every other country probably would have.  The response of the EU?  They threatened, cajoled and are attempting to bribe the Irish so that they hold another referendum, when the pro-EU argument will be "explained" better.

 

Oh, I know. I described that as "NO! Bad Ireland, voted wrong!" *smack* "Now vote again and vote the right way!"

I also said that the commentary from the EU involved a Frenchman insulting the Irish, which is something that historically brings a pop in the jaw. The Irish temper is a genetic trait.

[Tallpine]

The Irish temper is a genetic trait.

That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.

[ArfinGreebly]

I SO weep for Britain.