Comments on: How low will the pound fall against the euro?

By: robert in UK

robert in UK — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:03:49 +0000

As it seems possible that there may be e Referendum in the Uk, if the Conservatives win the next election in 2010, and even though the Lisbon Treaty is going to ratified now that the Irish have said yes, the onservatives will still go through the motions of a referendum, and if more than 60% decide both against continued EU membership and never adopting the Euro, I think the road will be clear for the UK to leave the EU, but with some severe penalties
involved, namely the exodus of many EU businesses from UK, and a big dip in our exports to the EU, aswell as EU imports becoming much more expensive, notably our energy costs, which depend on imported fuel sources. Is David Cameron prepared to take all this on board before deciding the final outcome ?????

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:41:42 +0000

Robert – sterling has fallen again against the euro. Bad news for travellers to Euroland, like me. I’mm off to Dublin next week.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:21:41 +0000

To all those waiting for the pound to rise against the Euro, sadly this is not going to happen for many months (even years). please see Evening Standard comment in Wednesday 30 September by Anthony Hilton on page 33, who if I read correctly ,says that the Bank of England Monetary policy and the Chancellor is to let thye pound fall to gain export competiveness. Is this a wise route to be taking when billions are owed on the National Debt. Any solutions please

By: Karen Bryan

Karen Bryan — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:42:44 +0000

Nigel – property in Europe is now much more expensive for UK residents. It was certainly one of the factors that made us recently decide not to purchase a Place in the Sun in Spain.

By: Nigel English

Nigel English — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:35:53 +0000

The value of Property in the UK must have become doubley attractive to Euro Zone residents. Our prices have crashed and so has the value of our currency.
I want to buy a house in Germany and the option has recently got £100,000 worse. What justification – or are the UK gov really that bad that or currency is shot?

By: Europe Travel Carnival 2 March 2009 « Europe a la Carte Blog

Europe Travel Carnival 2 March 2009 « Europe a la Carte Blog — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:04:08 +0000

[...] thinking of a trip to Italy in May but between the high prices for things such as car hire and the low value of the UK pound against the Euro we decided against [...]

By: robert hillier

robert hillier — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:10:32 +0000

did anyone see the comment in the Telegraph yesterday (feb 17) about the theat to the Euro from the new Eastern European states ?. If the comment is correct, the bubble may soon be about to burst, possibly before the G7 conference in London this coming April ?

By: Richard Waine

Richard Waine — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:44:06 +0000

Manuel – Get on the first Flight to London from Madrid. The shop keepers in London would love your money and so will the Hacienda(Taxman). Enjoy it while it lasts, because you could be back to the Pesata sooner than you think!

By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:22:32 +0000

Lets go shopping to Uk, everything is so cheap overthere? Pound is going down and down, hahaha

By: Richard Waine

Richard Waine — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:08:06 +0000

Hi Robert, thanks for your reply. I agree with you the decision to stay in the EU will probably be down to the next Government. This looks likely to be a Conservative one, led by David Cameron. The Conservatives are the most likely of the three main Parties to do it. Some people may see this as a huge risk, but as things stand at present I think it would be a risk worth taking. Switzerland and Norway seem to get along okay outside the EU, and have negotiated trade agreements with Brussels. Why can’t we?