• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Poland doesn’t have the euro and can basically stall forever with no consequences. What are they going to do, throw em out? For having their own currency?

    • Tonuka@feddit.org
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      1 day ago

      This question gets asked every time. The official position is that noone is allowed to stall forever (except denmark). Unofficially it has been recognized that Sweden joined before the euro and they’re seen as exceptional compared to Poland, Hungary, Czechia and Romania. These four countries are the focus of the ECB, but, to answer your question, since none of them meet the economic criteria yet, there hasn’t been much push from Frankfurt, since their economies aren’t stable enough for monetary union.

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      Sweden and Hungary as well. But who knows if the “no consequences” part stays that way forever.