you have to keep in mind the Euro will only become a real profit in years, when everything adapted, then we could compete more with the dollar and the pound. Export products as let's say Antwerp diamond shouldn't be sold anymore in dollars, but in Euro's, all big exports still get sold for Dollars, once that's all replaced with Euro's, meaning non-european countries will pay Euro's for EU specific products. then it will benefitus greatly. But that needs change, for know where to dependant on the dollar, and with 1 currency for the whole EU independance is more real.
