Hvornår kom storbritannien med i eu og hvorfor?
United Kingdom and the euro
Brown, Blairs efterfølger, udelukkede medlemskab i 2007 og sagde, at beslutningen om ikke at blive medlem havde været korrekt for Storbritannien og for Europa.  I december 2008 sagde José Barroso, formand for Europa-Kommissionen, til fransk radio, at nogle britiske politikere overvejede at flytte sig på grund af virkningerne af den globale finanskrise. Brown benægtede, at der var tale om nogen ændring i den officielle politik.  I februar 2009 sagde Joaquín Almunia, kommissær for pengepolitiske anliggender, at "chancen for, at det britiske pund sterling vil tilslutte sig: stor".
United Kingdom and the euro
Brown, Blair's successor, ruled out membership in 2007, saying that the decision not to join had been correct for Britain and for Europe.  In December 2008, José Barroso, the President of the European Commission, told French radio that some British politicians were considering the move because of the effects of the global financial crisis. Brown denied that there was any change in official policy.  In February 2009, Monetary Policy Affairs Commissioner Joaquín Almunia said "the chance that the British pound sterling will join: high."
United Kingdom and the euro