A 'NON' to the Constitution
The French referendum on the EU's constitution was a defeat to Europe. No way around that. But how to understand what caused it and what will the European citizens in general loose with that result? Kirsty Hughes, writer on European and international affairs, has some clues. Her
analysis is published by BBC.
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Cartoon by Chappatte for Le Temps (Genève)
To mark or not to mark?
Don’t be surprised if you spot someday a Euro banknote marked with a stamp like this:
… or this:
This last one seems to be the most popular one. It could be found some time ago in the Lidl supermarket. It was made of removable characters so one could write the text as wished.
It looks like an easy way to attract more users to EBT and also to get more hits (considering somebody moved by curiosity would join the group and register the same bill). Anyway, not everybody agrees with marking the notes and there’s an interesting discussion on the
Forum. No one should start stamping notes before reading this.
There's also a site promoting money stamping just for the sake of it… They claim some kind of
interacting art.
Euro notes with Trichet's signatureEuro banknotes bearing the signature of Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), are starting to come into circulation. Production of these banknotes began shortly after Mr Trichet became President on 1 November 2003. To everyone wanting to know how to recognize Trichet's signature, I recomend
this site!
La France et Portugal combattentIl y a un grand combat entre France et Portugal pour la sixième position. Prendre un regard:
Classement Pays (par utilisateurs).
