There would be various advantages if the UK were to adopt the Euro. For example, there would be greater transparency in transactions with Europe.
Euro is the official currency of the European Union. However, some countries inside the EU, decided to keep their traditionnal money (UK sill use the Pound). The Euro zone is the group of countries that had adopted the Euro (€) as their currency. On the 27 countries in the EU, 15 countries belong to the zone Euro. The other countries have either refused (UK, Sweden, Denmark....) adopting the Euro or are waiting for their Economies to be fit with the legal economics demandings defined by the EU.
Some of the EU countries saw either a cultural or economic benifit to maintaining their own curency rather than adopting the euro. The UK is one such country and has seen both benefits and disadvantages for this choice. But rember regadless what is said it was all done its all politics
No the UK does not use the euro, they use the pound sterling. Each country in the UK has it's own type of pound.No, at the moment (and for the foreseeable future) the UK has kept the pound sterling as its currency.No, we still use the pound
The UK Uses are Pound
1 euro = 0.7995 British pounds sterling Source: Google Currency Converter
There are currently no plans for the United Kingdom to adopt the Euro and it's not likely to happen for a while. The current Conservative-Liberal Democrats coalition are very much against the idea of the UK adopting the Euro, especially given the current economic climate and value of the Euro.
Positive consequences of adopting the Euro includes enlarging a connected market source; almost thirty countries in the world would share the same currency. Negative consequences of adopting the Euro includes adopting a currency that is currently on the decline, however, it is predicted that the Euro will pick up. This will happen over a long period of time, however. Possibly a decade or more.
The United Kingdom and Denmark are the only European Union members who opted out of adopting the Euro. Although many other members do not currently use the Euro, they have agreed to make the transition sometime within the near future.
Euro is the official currency of the European Union. However, some countries inside the EU, decided to keep their traditionnal money (UK sill use the Pound). The Euro zone is the group of countries that had adopted the Euro (€) as their currency. On the 27 countries in the EU, 15 countries belong to the zone Euro. The other countries have either refused (UK, Sweden, Denmark....) adopting the Euro or are waiting for their Economies to be fit with the legal economics demandings defined by the EU.
There are no plans to adopt the Euro in the UK.
10 UK is 45 in Euro
Austria used the Shilling before adopting the Euro.
Denmark has had an opt-out on adopting the Euro since 1992. A referendum to adopt the Euro was held in 2000, but was rejected by just over half the population. Danish politicians have pushed for another referendum since 2000, with Danish supporting for adopting the Euro rising ever since then. However, when the European debt crisis hit in 2008, support for the Euro fell dramatically. Adopting the Euro is now opposed by about 2/3 of Danes. The United Kingdom is the only other country to have an official opt-out on joining the Eurozone. The British oppose adopting the Euro much more than the Danes, European debt crisis or not. If and when the European debt crisis subsides, Denmark could very well hold another referendum and vote for the Euro in the future.
Denmark, Sweden, the UK, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. These are countries in the European Union that do not currently use the Euro, however. Many are considering switching in the future, and some are currently in the process of transferring.
The UK has opted out of the Euro for political and economic reasons.
YesAll Euro notes have a map of Europe on the back, which includes the UK.
No, the UK never opted to become part of the monitory union (part of the euro).