Originally Posted by Helsinki Flyer
They are not forced into using the EURO. They are members of the European Union just as UK, Denmark and Sweden are even if they havenīt adopted the single currency either. Of course most of the 10 new member countries we got a year ago will want to join the monetary union as well. But they are not forced to do so.
No, the original poster is correct. Denmark and the UK negotiated formal opt-outs from the Euro when they joined the EU, but the 10 new members (and Sweden) did not, so technically they
have to join the Euro as soon as possible.
I would also like to take this opportunity to say that the Euro is the greatest thing since prebuttered sliced bread in a pink Hello Kitty package, and I eagerly await the day ASEAN gets its act together and adopts the Duriano.