Sex and the single currency
NO ONE loves Europe's prospective single currency more than the Italians. Three-quarters are “very happy” about monetary union, say opinion pollsters. This year they uncomplainingly paid a hefty “tax for Europe” so that they could join it. There is even a prime-time television programme, Maastricht Italia, devoted to extolling the euro. They love it, all right; but do they know what it is?
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Sex and the single currency”
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