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I just got a news bulletin saying that the UN has decreed that from now
on the DM will be the official currency in Kosovo. It comes from a
reliable source, not prone to pranks.
At the risk of sounding frightfully amateurish (which is, in fact, a
correct impression) . . .
What is the legal basis for decreeing that a foreign currency will now
be used in a state that belongs to a sovereign country? Is there any
historical precedent for this? Is my long-standing impression mistaken
that the citizens of a country determine their own currency?
What is the purpose/rationale of such a measure?
Why was the DM chosen as opposed to any other currency? What about the
Euro? Why not, well, the SF or the USD?
Do the Germans give a hoot about this, or is it beyond their power to do
anything about it? Or is it conceivable that they would welcome such a
move?
Do the Kosovars already have so many DMs remitted from Germany that, oh
well, what the heck, the DM is the de facto currency anyway?
Is it customary that occupying forces impose their currency on the
occupied nations? Did the Germans impose their currency on the
countries they occupied during the Second World War? Is Kosovo
"occupied"?
Sorry guys and gals, I'm just plain stumped.
Philip
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