Brussels, 15/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - When asked on Swedish television whether the country would lose influential weight within the EU after the negative result of the referendum on adopting the euro, European Commission President Romano Prodi said on Sunday: "There is no doubt about it (…). I didn't expect such a defeat" of the euro. The Swedes rejected the euro with a large majority of 56.1%, an overwhelming defeat for Prime Minister Göra Persson.
Of Swedish voters, 56.1% voted "no"...