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[Harald Klein]

Frank Aarebrot wrote:

> Ithink the EURO is a going concern. My projection is that any conceivable German government after the election will continue to support it, but there might be a lot of "symbolic flak" during the campaign.

Both big parties are sometimes so similiar that they seek for something they differ, e.g. recently the CSU in the Bundesrat. Well, there is a lot of "symbolic flak", and I am afraid it will last at least until September 27th. But after that I think politics
will get back to normal, and the Euro will be no subject in discussion. What is remarkable in Germany now is that the banks start to inform their customers about the Euro. One also must have in mind that in 1922/1923 and 1948 big parts of the population lost
their savings because of new currencies,  and they are afraid that this might happen again. Of course the introduction of the Euro cannot be compared to this, but most people are uninformed (yet).

Just a few remakrs in this subject: this morning Radio MDR Th|ringen said that the percentage of scepticists in Th|ringen went down the last two months and is just over 50 % now. They did not mention the source.

Regards

Harald Klein


Dr. Harald Klein
Universitdt Jena
Institut f|r Soziologie
07740 Jena
Tel.: +49 3641 945543
Fax: +49 3641 945542

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> Schrvder is way ahead in the polls (leading by up to 24%!), but the SPD has managed before to stumble during the campaign. If Kohl wins - against the odds - I still think he will support the EURO too. In many respect the entire project is his brainchild.
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> Regards,
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> Frank Aarebrot
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> At 23:43 05.05.98 -0500, you wrote:
> >I am interested in thoughts on German elections and the future of the
> >Euro, if without Germaany (ala Schroder). Also, what are national polls
> >saying?
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> > J. Michael Schmitt
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> >Indiana University - Indianapolis
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> Frank Aarebrot
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> Tel. +47 55 58 21 70
> Fax. +47 55 58 94 25