Unionens borgere i alle medlemslande har ikke fået at vide, at det nye monetære område er et politisk område, som for fremtiden tvinger deres regeringer til at tale med én stemme under monetære og økonomiske forhandlinger på internationalt plan.
No arrangement was ever made with the citizens of the European Union that the new currency area was to be a political area which would in future compel their governments to speak with one voice in monetary and economic negotiations conducted at international level.