Officials in Brussels have contradicted Nicola Sturgeon and reiterated the EU’s policy which insists new member states must “legally commit” to join the euro single currency.
This month the first minister published an economic prospectus Scotland outside the UK which said the country would initially use the pound then switch to its own currency and then rejoin the EU. No timetables were given.
She also explicitly rejected using the euro, saying it was not “the right option for Scotland” and later cited the examples of countries in the European Union, such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden that still use their own currency.
A spokeswoman for economic affairs at the European Commission in Brussels told the Herald on Sunday: “All EU member states, except Denmark which has an opt-out clause, are legally committed to join the euro area once they fulfil the necessary conditions.
“It is up to individual countries to calibrate their path towards the euro and no timetable is prescribed.”
Dr Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the European Policy Centre in Brussels, clarified the situation further.
He said: “All countries that join the European Union have to commit to the acquis communautaire, the body of law of the European Union.
“Within it, there is an in-principle commitment to economic and monetary union (EMU), but a country only enters the euro and becomes part of the eurozone when it fulfils the conditions (the Maastricht criteria). A candidate country would not be expected to make this commitment until membership.”
Zuleeg told the Herald on Sunday: “A country can negotiate a permanent or potentially temporary derogation from this. Denmark has a permanent opt-out enshrined in the treaties so it will never have to introduce the euro.
“The UK had a similar opt-out when it was still a member. However, both of these were negotiated when these countries were part of the EU, in essence to ensure that EMU could be introduced even though some countries didn’t have the intention to join.
“It would be much harder, if not impossible, for a new member to negotiate such a permanent opt-out. However, it might be possible to negotiate essentially a grace period.”
When ever anyone says officials and not naming people they’re lying. It’s like when they name sources or scientists.
Didn’t realise there were so many unionist Tory scumbags in here.
Poland has been a member of the EU for almost two decades and the current government has no intention of joining the Euro even though it is expected to by the EU.
Edit:
>The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party looks set to make stopping Poland joining the eurozone one of the central planks of its political platform.
“I am going to join your little club and use your currency. I set the terms. Not you. I do. “
Ahh the Euro debate, regular as clockwork.
The EU is pragmatic if they want Scotland to join they will come up with a classic EU fudge to resolve the currency issue If that’s the blocker.
The nuance here that cybernats are missing is Sturgeon is publicly proclaiming an independent Scotland would negotiate with the EU in bad faith. How many of these EU nations that are dodging the Euro have senior politicians boasting they never intend to join? None of them and they’re already inside the club not asking to join.
This is as stupid as saying you’re fond of pulling sickies in a job interview.
The reaction of the ‘Yes’ voters to this shows how many lies are being spread around independence. From what I’ve seen people are just denying the facts of the article and saying it’s propaganda by the Unionists.
I’d use coloured beads to get away from the Westminster omni-shambles….
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[Article Text:](https://archive.ph/sBfP2)
Officials in Brussels have contradicted Nicola Sturgeon and reiterated the EU’s policy which insists new member states must “legally commit” to join the euro single currency.
This month the first minister published an economic prospectus Scotland outside the UK which said the country would initially use the pound then switch to its own currency and then rejoin the EU. No timetables were given.
She also explicitly rejected using the euro, saying it was not “the right option for Scotland” and later cited the examples of countries in the European Union, such as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden that still use their own currency.
A spokeswoman for economic affairs at the European Commission in Brussels told the Herald on Sunday: “All EU member states, except Denmark which has an opt-out clause, are legally committed to join the euro area once they fulfil the necessary conditions.
“It is up to individual countries to calibrate their path towards the euro and no timetable is prescribed.”
Dr Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive of the European Policy Centre in Brussels, clarified the situation further.
He said: “All countries that join the European Union have to commit to the acquis communautaire, the body of law of the European Union.
“Within it, there is an in-principle commitment to economic and monetary union (EMU), but a country only enters the euro and becomes part of the eurozone when it fulfils the conditions (the Maastricht criteria). A candidate country would not be expected to make this commitment until membership.”
Zuleeg told the Herald on Sunday: “A country can negotiate a permanent or potentially temporary derogation from this. Denmark has a permanent opt-out enshrined in the treaties so it will never have to introduce the euro.
“The UK had a similar opt-out when it was still a member. However, both of these were negotiated when these countries were part of the EU, in essence to ensure that EMU could be introduced even though some countries didn’t have the intention to join.
“It would be much harder, if not impossible, for a new member to negotiate such a permanent opt-out. However, it might be possible to negotiate essentially a grace period.”
When ever anyone says officials and not naming people they’re lying. It’s like when they name sources or scientists.
Didn’t realise there were so many unionist Tory scumbags in here.
Poland has been a member of the EU for almost two decades and the current government has no intention of joining the Euro even though it is expected to by the EU.
Edit:
>The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party looks set to make stopping Poland joining the eurozone one of the central planks of its political platform.
https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/09/09/a-way-out-of-polands-conundrum-on-joining-the-eurozone/
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Who are these ‘Officials in Brussels’?
Its all unionist bullshit – for every rule the EU has, there are exceptions to it.
Who’s to say Scotland wouldn’t join EFTA (no currency requirements)
[Is this a different thing from the story we had a few days ago?](https://old.reddit.com/r/unitedkingdom/comments/yem56c/join_the_euro_or_your_eu_dream_dies_sturgeon_told/)
Sturgeon is so, so fundamentally *British*.
“I am going to join your little club and use your currency. I set the terms. Not you. I do. “
Ahh the Euro debate, regular as clockwork.
The EU is pragmatic if they want Scotland to join they will come up with a classic EU fudge to resolve the currency issue If that’s the blocker.
The nuance here that cybernats are missing is Sturgeon is publicly proclaiming an independent Scotland would negotiate with the EU in bad faith. How many of these EU nations that are dodging the Euro have senior politicians boasting they never intend to join? None of them and they’re already inside the club not asking to join.
This is as stupid as saying you’re fond of pulling sickies in a job interview.
The reaction of the ‘Yes’ voters to this shows how many lies are being spread around independence. From what I’ve seen people are just denying the facts of the article and saying it’s propaganda by the Unionists.
I’d use coloured beads to get away from the Westminster omni-shambles….