Well, in a nutshell, 300 million Europeans woke up on
Jan 1 with a different currency -- sort of looks like Monopoly money, only flimsier. This is the biggest voluntary secession of national sovereignty ever. The Brits the Swedes and the Danes are the only ones to hold on to their currencies. People are now shopping with a calculator at hand -- so as not to get ripped of -- until they get used to the new currency!