Covers a report on the euro from the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). It is likely to be music to the ears of Geert Wilders and his populist PVV Freedom Party, says the paper. The populist PVV has commissioned a British research bureau to look into the pros and cons of reintroducing the Dutch guilder.
The CPB believes the benefits of introducing the euro remain unclear, but have certainly not been very great. However, the CPB’s official number crunchers also to warn that dismantling the single currency would reduce prosperity in the Eurozone enormously. The paper thinks Mr Wilders will be less happy with this particular conclusion. The CPB goes on to point out that nearly three-quarters of Dutch exports go to other members of the European Union.
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