For the euro a populist revolt in debtor countries would be the biggest threat of all.
"We all prefer a strong euro to a dead euro, " said Pierre Moscovici, French finance minister on Monday.
But now a euro owned by a German is not the same euro when owned by a resident of Cyprus.
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The hazards to players and fans are obvious and the insurance bill for claims has rocketed to 200, 000 euro a year.
The Spanish government started a campaign to prepare people for the euro a year ago, holding seminars for banks and businesses.
The Danes, he said, had given the euro a "Danish pasting" but he warned: "We shouldn't say the Danes had saved our bacon".
For one, if the ECB were to give the euro a gold definition, the cost of servicing euro-denominated debt for Greece and Ireland would decline.
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It is estimated that tax evasion costs the Italian state more than 200bn euro a year, and the problem for the government is that many people see tax evasion as an unavoidable fact of life.
While the overall cost of the project remains broadly unchanged from a deal reached in March, the agreement calls for a price increase per plane of 11m euro, for a total of just under 2bn euro, and a further 1.5bn euro provided by credits against future exports.
Facetiousness aside, there is one crosscutting consensus emerging about Cyprus, whether the authors are on the left and right, pro-bailout or pro-market: Cyprus has in effect moved out of the Eurozone because its new capital controls give the Euro a different value, and a different meaning, within Cyprus.
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Whether you find this a relief or a frustration is a good indication of whether you are a Euro-sceptic or a Euro-enthusiast.
They assume the trigger for a euro implosion will be a Greek euro exit, which they believe is inevitable and desirable, much like the collapse of the gold standard.
They gave workers a five-euro note, folded into the origami version of a little shirt, plus a two-euro coin painted with a smiley face.
Non-euro member Hungary also saw its currency fall to a historic low versus the euro after a passing a controversial law limiting the independence of its central bank and possibly damaging its access to bailout funds.
Clarins blamed a strong euro, a slump in American demand and "significant" marketing and commercial costs.
Countries like Italy need a strong euro like a hole in the head.
So it seems that a trillion euro is a lot of money after all because it is basically being wasted.
Oddly enough, the European fiscal crisis eased some of the strains in late 2010: a weaker euro meant a stronger dollar.
Given the choice between a busted euro and a vibrant, if rule-free, future in the Russian penumbra, they may choose the latter.
Central bank officials in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose convertible mark is currently pegged to the euro, could switch to whatever hard currency emerges in the case of a breakup of the euro, a spokeswoman said.
Greece could revert to the drachma -- the currency it had before entering the euro in 2001 -- but there is also speculation it could operate with a Greece-specific euro until a full switch can take place.
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With growth in the euro-zone roughly on a par with the 3-3.5% forecast for the United States, and with the euro-zone's trade surplus a stark contrast to the Americans' deficit, the euro is due for a correction.
Basically, a Dollar or Euro is a bill, just like your electric bill or gas bill.
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The company lost 7 euro cents a share, less than Street consensus forecast for a loss of 10 Euro cents.
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The Greek problem is also a euro problem, and the euro problem is a paper-money-backed-by-nothing problem coupled with high levels of debt.
One could argue that the euro existed for a time without Greece and functioned fine, that allowing Greece to join was a mistake, and thus that a euro without Greece would be more stable.
If the euro zone had put a credible firewall around the government bonds of Italy and other troubled euro countries, a Greek default would not now be threatening contagion.
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For the Greeks, you could say that the Euro is a temporary distraction from the euro.
He wants a Dutch exit from the euro and a referendum on EU membership.
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