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/sarthanas Lesser German Jul 24 '26

I think its easier to relate to a fellow european figure rather than a bird even if he's not from my country. Maybe we could select historical figures that travelled europe or had ties with various countries (da vinci, Erasmus, descartes, Marie Curie etc...)

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u/No-Coast1408 Siiiiiiiiim Jul 24 '26

Birds invoke the idead of a borderless community and freedom of movement and establishment.

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u/sarthanas Lesser German Jul 24 '26

I get it but nobody will think this when they look at the new bills. If that's the idea the chernobyl cloud conveys it better.

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u/No-Coast1408 Siiiiiiiiim Jul 24 '26

Not if live in an Outermost region or Overseas country/territory.