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Sweden likely to vote on EMU in September

Sweden is likely to have a referendum on EMU membership in September 2003, the time preferred by most political parties. A group of Social Democrats against EMU membership is currently being formed, and the important trade unions disagree on the issue. According to the polls, support for the EMU is falling.

Sweden's prime minister, Göran Persson, is negotiating intensely with the country's political parties to obtain consensus on a date for a referndum on Sweden's EMU membership, and th...

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