Do you think the ‘Eurobond’ scheme would be a good or bad thing for the UK?

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Please take a moment to read the following explanation…Some people have suggested a new way for European governments to borrow money called a “Eurobond”. Under the new scheme, investors would lend money to European governments by purchasing one or more “Eurobond certificates” from them. Similar to how government bonds work now, in return for the investor’s money, the government would promise to pay a fixed rate of interest over a specific period (say 4% interest every year for 10 years). Provided they keep the bond, at the end of that period, the investor is repaid the money they originally invested. The difference with Eurobonds is that all Eurozone governments would jointly guarantee each other’s new “Eurobonds” in return for stricter rules about how much these governments can tax, spend and borrow in their own countries. In other words, the Eurozone as a whole would jointly promise to repay anyone who had purchased a Eurobond even if the individual country could not afford to. This would make all Eurozone governments equally safe (or risky) for investors to lend to. All Eurozone governments could therefore borrow money through Eurobonds at the same rate of interest. Do you think this would be a good or bad thing for SURVEY COUNTRY [UK]?

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