Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s...
by zirgs on Monday March 27, 2023 @08:53AM
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A leaving country could keep using the Euro while working on the transition back to their own currency. When the USSR collapsed - its former members continued to use Soviet rubles for some time until they transitioned to their own currencies.
So yeah - if a country really wanted to leave - a shared currency would not stop it.
Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s...
by revelio on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:22AM
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It depends on how much cooperation the EU would extend (assume zero). For example paying other companies in euros requires transactions with the central bank. If the EU don't want you to leave they can just say, well, the moment you declare you're out we cut you off from the banking system and you can't settle your government debts anymore because you can't make euro transactions. For example.
Re:The chat control proposal does not belong in democratic s...
by zirgs on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:52AM
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Yeah, but I don't think that they would do it. We already had Brexit and the UK was allowed to leave. Had they not colonised Northern Ireland - the leaving process would have been even easier.
Also note that the EU don't like Montenegro using the Euro and tolerate it only because it's tiny/doesn't matter.