FelixCress@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDeal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkDeal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10www.theguardian.comFelixCress@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: europe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareSpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSwitching to the Euro was never a requirement for EU membership, though. Brits didn’t have it before, and there are other EU countries that stick to their national currency.
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 months agoIt wasn’t. It is now. It was one of the special exceptions that the UK had, gained in 1992 when the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated.
Switching to the Euro was never a requirement for EU membership, though.
Brits didn’t have it before, and there are other EU countries that stick to their national currency.
It wasn’t. It is now.
It was one of the special exceptions that the UK had, gained in 1992 when the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated.