Guessing as a Dane, and having witnessed 2 voting sessions about it here; I'd say we hate to lose the sense of nostalgia and the sense of nationality connected to an old, currency of the kingdom.
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It should be added that the governments economic advisers ('Vismændene') on both occasions publicly have said that the only gain for Denmark would be a minor reduction of the interest spread between the Danish currency and the Euro. This lead them to conclude that if Denmark should join the Euro the purpose should be political (e.g. support of the overall European integration process), not economic. They also pointed out already in year 2000 that a common currency spanning economies of very different productivity developments can only work long term if at least one of these two conditions are met: 1} either salary levels must be downward flexible in the low productivity countries OR 2} massive migration between countries from low productivity to high productivity countries must be accepted. At the time of writing (Feb 2010) it is obvious that the EURO is exactly experiencing these problems with Greece in the focus.
PS: the most recent opinion pools show a slim majority in favour of the EURO, but there are no specific plans for a new referendum.
The UK has opted out of the Euro for political and economic reasons.
Liechtenstein doesnt use the Euro they use the Swiss Franc simply because they have do not want to use the Euro. Its like asking why Canada doesnt use the American Dollar, or why New Zealand doesnt use the Australian Dollar, they have their own currency they use.
UK
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 and Denmark
The UK, along with several other European countries, have chosen to retain their own national currency and not use the Euro.
There are no plans to adopt the Euro in the UK.
because Northern Ireland is part of the UK and the UK didn't (thank God) sign up for the Euro
The UK, including England, does not use the euro. Though a member of the European Union, the UK chose not to adopt the euro and instead still uses its own national currency, the pound (sterling).
10 UK is 45 in Euro
The Euro - unless you're in the UK where we still use sterling.
No. London, and the rest of the UK still use the British pound.