Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes said that he respects the No of the Swedish people in the referendum on the euro, but that it cannot remain outside the euro zone forever.
"The Commission expects all the members of the EU to become members of the euro zone at a certain point", Mr Solbes said this evening as he gave his first reaction to the Swedish poll.
Sunday's 'Nej' from the Swedes risks influencing the other two EU countries outside the euro zone – the U...
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