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What is the mechanism for expulsion? I don't think there is one.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 15th, 2010 at 06:06:07 PM EST
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Then the deficit chickenhawks will need to make one.

Doesn't matter, though, they still won't have a working majority.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sat May 15th, 2010 at 06:07:19 PM EST
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Well you may expel them, but how do you actually stop Greece from using it?

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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun May 16th, 2010 at 10:21:40 AM EST
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Stop them from issuing Greenbacks?

You can't.

If the threat of expulsion from the relevant communities is not sufficient (and if the local population accepts the Greenbacks as payment for services rendered), the only way to stop them is sending in the gunboats.

But of course, if they are forcibly ejected from the €-zone, they would have no particular reason to issue Greenbacks instead of just printing their own money.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun May 16th, 2010 at 01:45:47 PM EST
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What is to prevent e.g. Iceland declaring that the Euro is now its national currency?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Sun May 16th, 2010 at 09:38:01 AM EST
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Nothing.

But they can't print €-notes or mint €-coins without permission from the Bundesbank.

Well, actually they can, but the official EU stance would be that they were counterfeiting.

- Jake

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun May 16th, 2010 at 01:47:58 PM EST
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