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[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It would mean replacing The CAD with the EUR, would be kinda funny to see EU flags on the border between the US and Canada though...

[โ€“] gabbath@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I want this if only just to see Vance complaining about EU expansion at their border.

No need for them to adopt the Euro though. Many EU countries are still on their original currency even now.

[โ€“] martin_uieafa@feddit.org 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In fact, the following EU countries do not (yet) use the euro, but their own currency:
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Sweden

[โ€“] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago

Denmark has a dispensation they arranged when forming the EU.

Sweden and the other countries does not.

When joining the EU you are commited to switching to the Euro when you have fullfilled the criteria for doing so, Sweden has decided to not fullfill the criterias required and will therefore keep the Krona for the forseeable future.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In theory they're legally obligated to switch one day. In practice Romania is being blocked by other EU members.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can still decorate your Euros how you want, so we could keep our beavers and loons.

[โ€“] Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You have loons on your doubloons? ๐Ÿ‘€

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 14 hours ago

Yes, we call our dollar coins "loonies" as a result. By analogy, the bimetallic $2 coin is the "toonie" for two.

That looks like a joke written out, but it is not.