What do we know about the euro? Children's Express reporters find out what young people think about how it will affect them.
| If the euro does come in we’ll have trouble telling the difference with the notes. |
Carly Storey, 12, Walker
I'm not really that bothered about the euro although I think it will affect us because people are used to using pounds so it will be difficult. I also think that English money will disappear so I'm not sure how adults will cope. If the euro comes in we will lose money because we will have to throw the pounds away and I don't think it will be any easier to use. It will probably change my pocket money. I don't think travelling will be the same, although I've not seen a euro yet.
Lee Sweeting, 13, Walker
I think that using the euro is the same as using the pound so I feel good about it. I don't think it will affect us very much. If it comes in, then English money will be got rid of. I'm sure that adults will cope fine. It will affect me because I will have to get used to new coins and I'm not sure if it will be any easier to use. I have heard that the coins fall apart. I think it will get used every day if they get rid of the pounds. It won't change my pocket money.
Rebecca Hall, 10, Cowgate
I will feel very upset about having to start again with the euro because I will not get settled into it. I don't think it will be easier with euro money because some people would not know how to use it and others might get mixed up. We don't really know what's what yet. All the English money will get burnt and then they will make some euros. Adults will have to cope because they have had other money changes when they were little so they should get used to it in time. It will affect me because I will not know how to use the euro and I still keep getting mixed up with pounds. It will not be any easier. I don't think it will change my pocket money. I have seen the euro on websites, but not in real life. It was a hundred pound note. I think it will be used from day to day.
Liam Caine, 9, Cowgate
I feel all right about the euro although I don't think it will be any easier than the pound. It might affect us really badly. Adults will cope all right though. I do think that my pocket money will change but the euro won't be used everyday. I have seen a euro but I cannot remember the name of the note. I saw it on television.
Carly Storey, 12, Cowgate
I am not bothered if we have to start all over again with the euro. I don't know if it will be easier to use the euro because I have never seen it. I am not bothered how it will affect us. There is no way that they can really get rid of the pound. If they do bring it in I think it will stress a lot of adults out but I don't really think it will affect me as long as I get money. It's not going to be used everyday because young kids could rip it, they might just think that it's toy money. I have seen the euro money on television, but I don't see anyone using it in shops.
Andrea Dimos, 11, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
I don't really feel anything about the euro and I don't think it will be any easier to use. I think that English money will be thrown out. It won't be any easier to use because we already have the pound. I don't know what a euro looks like and I don't think it will be used every day.
Shaune Jones, 9, Montague
I think it's bad starting over again with the euro because you don't get back any money from the other countries. We learned all about using our money so I don't think it will be any easier. If the euro does come in we will have trouble telling the difference with the notes because we will not know which are pounds and which are fivers. Adults may cope well and kids may not cope so well with new money. I like spending pounds, fivers and tenners so it will affect me a lot and I think that my pocket money will be lower.
I still have not seen any euros yet.
About the team
This story was produced by Kirsten Caine, 12. Junior Jury is a weekly column published in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.
