Iceland : The 28th member state of the European Union ? – Le Taurillon (www.treffpunkteuropa.de)

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[-] RidderSport@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

I am not sure the EU still allows membership without switching to the Euro

[-] alexcleac@szmer.info 3 points 1 month ago

Country has to make a promise to switch to Euro, but there is no deadline whatsoever :)

[-] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh, it certainly does. There's ERM II, but the deadline is lax.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

Dunno either...UK did it, maybe the EU changed the rules so they can better control the states, wouldn't surprise me. Iceland cold pull a Norway though, probably a better approach.

[-] Tonuka@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

It's literally a 5 minute Google search.

The UK and Denmark joined before the Euro was a thing, and thus, were allowed to stay out. No other country that joined after 1999 ever got an opt out, because this is not legal anymore.

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