Swedish Voters Reject Adopting Euro as Economy Outperforms Germany, France

Bloomberg ^ | 09/14/03 | BG

[Pikamax]

Swedes Reject Euro in Referendum, Official Results Show Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Swedes voted against adopting the euro, halting the expansion of the currency union in western Europe as the largest Nordic economy outperforms single-currency countries including Germany and France.

[Guillermo]

How soon until France demands that the Germans invade Sweden to bring them into submission?

[EGPWS]

Swedes voted against adopting the euro, halting the expansion of the currency union in western Europe as the largest Nordic economy outperforms single-currency countries including Germany and France.

One can't blame them for their political and financial saavy, can one?

[Charles Henrickson]

Our main thread from earlier today:

Swedes Vote on Euro Under Shadow of Lindh Murder (and related stories)

[Pubbie]

[skr]

Lindh, who died on Thursday after a knife attack in a Stockholm department store, appeared on posters urging people to vote to adopt the single currency saying, ``if we choose to remain outside, we'll be left behind.''

Remaining outside of a collapsing building is a good way to be left behind on a trip to the morgue.

[aristeides]

So, if the assassination was an attempt to stampede a sympathy vote in favor of the Euro, it failed. Good for the Swedes!

By the way, if the assassin continues to elude capture, that will greatly increase the likelihood that it was a professional hit.

[Bonaparte]

And once again, the media polls were even close. They predicted that the euro would get the Swedish voters nod out of sympathy for Lindh. And what happened? The euro lost by a 14-point margin, a crushing defeat for Persson.

[Bonaparte]

"were" = weren't