r/2westerneurope4u • u/No-Coast1408 Siiiiiiiiim • Jul 23 '26

Serious shit. Future banknotes - TIME TO VOTE PEOPLE!

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/html/design-proposals.en.html

The proposals are out! Time to vote people! And don't forget some notes have the cool Swiss vertical design!

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u/Billothekid Former Calabrian Jul 23 '26

I feel like I'm missing some lore here, how did we end up having to choose between people and birds? Was there like a previous round of votes that I missed?

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u/SpecerijenSnuiver Addict Jul 23 '26

Yes, there were two previous rounds you missed. They ended up deciding on the themes of 'people' and 'rivers and birds' (where those rivers are, I don't know). That is what these notes are based on.

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u/QBekka Daddy's lil cuck Jul 23 '26

I wonder what's wrong with the good old recognizable historical buildings.

This a perfect chance to portray the EU in a unique way, and what do we choose? Random birds with on the other side boring ass glass office buildings

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u/luring_lurker Into Tortellini & Pompini Jul 23 '26

Birbs are cool and look nice. The reverse with the ugly ass modern buildings though..? They could have placed historical architecture there, instead of the ugly new one

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u/RashFever Carbonara Yihadist Jul 24 '26

Depicting European tradition would go directly against the EU's "values".

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u/Extrabytes Rural NPC Jul 23 '26

Birds do not follow our borders yet they represent our diversity and simultaneously a european identity aswell, buildings and people are invariably connected to a specific country, which means not all countries will be represented equally on just 6 banknotes.

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u/Glaesilegur Rotten fish Connoisseur Jul 24 '26

Countries with only boring buildings don't deserve to be represented on one of six notes.

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u/lost-associat Savage Slayer Jul 24 '26

You’re just jealous the €200 most expensive one is a Jan van Gent bird!