The European Commission has rejected suggestions from Malta that Europe’s common currency should be spelt 'ewro' and not euro.
Monetary affairs commissioner Joachim Almunia confirmed the commission’s stance in response to a question by Maltese Labour MEP Joseph Muscat.
Mr Muscat argued "that since EU institutions websites refer to the single currency in Maltese as Ewro it should not be a problem to adopt this formulation"
He also insisted "that this must be a secondary iss...
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