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| Italian Minister Calls for Lira's Return |
| 2005-06-03 |
| Italy's labor minister called for a referendum to see if Italians want to temporarily bring back the lira after widespread popular discontent over high prices that many blame on the introduction of the euro. The idea was promptly dismissed Friday by both the European Commission and leaders of Italy's governing coalition, and currency markets shrugged off the news. "The euro is here to stay," retorted EU Commission spokeswoman Amelia Torres in Brussels. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 Yeeeee-haw! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-03 20:41 |
| #13 Italy is one of those countries that benefitted most from the Euro Thats debateable. Their economy is shrinking becase they can no longer devalue to maintain competitiveness. When and if they institute the reforms needed to remove the inflationary pressures it will be good news, until then its bad news. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-03 17:04 |
| #12 Schrder is from Wheel of Fortune. For every major issue you get wrong you lose a vowel. By Christmas it will be Schrdr. Three vowells, you're out. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-06-03 14:20 |
| #11 Hey, TGA, my aunt (father's sister) married a Schroeder... I have a cousin I don't like. The operative for me has always been, "WHAT is a Schroeder?"... Now that question can be applied to international politix... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-06-03 14:17 |
| #10 No, most are Schröder defectors, the Liberals (classic sense) always hover around 7%. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-03 13:38 |
| #9 I don't really care what they do, kind of dislike big govt. myself though. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-06-03 13:35 |
| #8 Is that 10% mainly shift or lift, TGA? ie pro-free market forces shifting from the Liberals to Merkel, or new converts to the free market approach? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-06-03 13:34 |
| #7 Latest polls would give Merkel an absolute majority... Her popularity went up 10% in a few days. Together with the Liberals (free market) fall sounds promising. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-03 13:32 |
| #6 At first I though it was a man with a cat. Then I saw I was mistaken. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-03 13:28 |
| #5 Charlie Brown's favorite pianist. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-06-03 13:25 |
| #4 Heh. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-06-03 13:24 |
| #3 Who is Schröder? |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-03 13:20 |
| #2 TGA, looks like the Non and Nee voters will finally achieve for German exporters what the incompetent ECB could not: a sane and low-priced euro. Was it all a Schroderian plot? |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-06-03 13:18 |
| #1 Actually he's an idiot because Italy is one of those countries that benefitted most from the Euro |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2005-06-03 13:14 |