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> Denmark intentionally avoiding the switch to Euro

Only in name as a PR move. Take a look at the 10 year EUR/DKK conversion chart. [1] The Danish national bank keeps the currency fixed to euro anyway.

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[1] https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=DKK&view=10Y

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Nothing to do with a PR move. The voters said no at referendum, regardless of the major parties campaigning for a yes. The infinite peg was just a way to circumvent the result of the public vote.

Yeah, Denmark is the wrong example. Sweden is the right one: https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=SEK&view=10Y

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