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Sweden and the Euro Referendum: Future Implications and Potential policy Transfers

Sweden’s decision on whether to join the European single currency is of interest to observers all over Scandinavia and the European Union. If the country decides in favour in a public referendum to be held on 14^th September, it is likely that the country will become the 13^th full member of the euro-zone (estimated for 2006) and possibly the first in the enlarging European Union of twenty-five states. For those countries still outside, most notably the ‘EMU outsiders’ of Denmark and the United Kingdom, and some of the post-2004 new EU Member States, there will be many in those governments that will seek to learn valuable lessons from the Swedish experience of holding a referendum on EMU.

Contact: Dr Lee Miles, University of Hull (T: +44 1482 465 844, F: +44 1482 466208, l.s.miles@hull.ac.uk)

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