Teenage talk about: Use pound and euro; The controversial euro - bringing a common currency to European countries - can stir strong feelings. Does it strip away national identity from individual countries, or is it a genuine benefit to nations working together?

From: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | Date: August 27, 2000 | Copyright information

I'M a resident of the United Kingdom - not part of Europe but, in fact, in Europe. I have a Queen who I believe should have complete power but, of course, doesn't.

Instead, we have a useless Prime Minister who wishes to impose his own vision of life on the rest of us.

Recent polls on a single currency have been conducted - yet not one has asked teenagers whether they are pro-euro or ...

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