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As the euro has just turned 20, this is the perfect time to watch the great documentary by @Annalisap @ARTEfr which tells the long and winding road of the € in a very clear, concise & clever way. Lots of good anecdotes too. My top 5 🧵
arte.tv/fr/videos/0839…
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1/ When Romano Prodi asks Helmut Kohl why he wants the euro against many of his backers and Kohl replies « I want the euro because my brother died in the war. »
2/ When Jacques Chirac is asked by a journalist why he is giving a press conference with the Italian PM since Italy might not be in the 1st batch of countries adopting the euro and Chirac replies: « Monsieur, il n’y a pas d’Europe sans l’Italie ».
