Polen fordert die EZB auf, den vollständigen Namen von Marie Skłodowska-Kurie in Euro Note zu verwenden
https://tvpworld.com/88204135/poland-urges-ecb-to-use-full-name-of-marie-sklodowska-curie-on-euro-note-video-?fbclid=IwY2xjawMBbshleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHul4x1CgU8Xt3hKDzfxWycLcur2m65NQlDRDtHfDg2xIBI2ii7pDoK4w1Y2w_aem_Wd5IshibfzmHu7FnU3mTtQ
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Sounds fair tbh.
Why would a country which has not even adopted the Euro get to decide on it?
I think it’s also important to note that it has not yet been decided whether people will be depicted at all. There is also a second series of motifs with flora and fauna to choose from. Personally, I hope that the people will not be chosen, as this will always be a point of contention due to the limited number.
Wait, there will be new EURO banknotes with people on them? I am hearing this for the first time.
Definitely use her full name then, not using it would be a pointless provocation.
Until Poland adopts Euro she shouldn’t even be on the banknote.
Since when do euro notes have peoples faces on them?
Of course her full name should be written on the 20€ note
Didn’t know Poland is getting the Euro as their new currency. When? It’s nice that they finally change it… more practically for tourists from other countries coming to Poland.
While the request is not unreasonable, Poland’s insecurities on issues of identity and history are becoming tiring very quickly. They are approaching Balkan levels.
Also, if you want to have a say on the Euro banknotes…maybe adopt the Euro?
My first instict would be to use whatever her legal name was at the end of the life.
It also seems that she herself usually used Maria Skłodowska-Curie throughout her life in France (with or without the hyphen), so it feels like that’s a good compromise. We should respect people’s names.
The monstrosity the ECB proposed („Marie Curie (born Skłodowska)“) is just stupid.
What name did she use? Thats the one we should use.
I’m strongly against putting anyone on the banknotes.
It’s impossible to choose just 6 people without excluding countless worthy individuals. Any choice would be controversial and would only lead to further infighting, which we already have enough of.
It also further proliferates the notion that history is made by great people, which is flawed at best.
I hate how her memory is being co-opted by Poland for nationalistic purposes. Her story should cause shame for Poland, not pride.
If she had stayed in Poland, we would not know her name today.
Similarly, Einstein having to become Swiss-American is not a point of pride for Germany. And I’m glad that they’re not pretending it is.
It’s not our problem France was so backwards back in the days that they couldn’t comprehand woman can have a hyphonated surname.
I remember people having a go at the fake bridges we currently have for the euro-notes. Poland is making the case on why we should continue with fake things that cannot be claimed by any nationalist movement.
A good reminder that the key thing is cooperation. Having a fight between France and Poland over whom “own” Marie isn’t great European collaboration.
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So Polish, lol.
If you are not part of the club, it’s not your decision.
This is exactly why Euro notes don’t have people on them currently. There are 27 member states and 6 euro notes currently in circulation, that’s not gonna maths good. Every little detail will devolve into squabbling.
In this case at least, iirc Curie did use both surnames after her marriage so it does make sense to use both. But this is one aspect of one note, it’s gonna be a nightmare.
Well, that was her name. Cutting it off would be extremely fucking stupid
the poles should consider using the euro first before they urge anything reg the euro
We can talk about it after Poland adopts Euro. Request itself is reasonable
Don’t we have imaginary bridges and architecture on the bank notes specifically to avoid this type of discussion?
Poland doesn’t even use the Euro..
Poland will adopt the Euro if they do? 🤔
Poland don’t uses Euro, why are they pushing for it ?
if it was just for Poland then go to hell, but she herself used the full two-part surname. This shoudl be respected
Putting a limited amount of people on Euro banknotes is a bad idea unless each country gets to circulate their own little runs with their historic figures, similar to how there are local versions of coinage. Otherwise most countries outside Germany, France Italy and Greece will feel left out
I think people should be referenced with the name they preferred whenever possible. In her case, we know the preference, so use of the full name seems appropriate.
I think Euro shouldn’t depict people, though. You can get 10 amazing people, 12, 20, you’ll miss countless others. Not every nation will get the amount of recognition they want. The portrayal won’t be ideal, etc. There are many other ways in which people can be honoured. I think Euro banknotes should depict unifying symbols, not individuals.
Poland isn’t even using the euro so their opinion shouldn’t matter.
That said I prefer not having people on the bank notes at all.
I am puzzled. She should be on the highest value banknote. But the 20€ is also the most commonly used and it is good that everybody sees her face…
And I thought not using actual names or places in Europe was a good idea. It directly prevents fights over who is on it and things like which name to use …
She named one of her discovered elements after Poland, not after France, so i guess her polish surname shouldn’t be neglected.
And wouldn’t it be better to include both polish and french surnames, so she could be portrayed as a testimony of both countries and would symbolize the European scientific progress, not solely french.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie was her full and real name.
EU in a nutshell.
Whoever came up with this stupid idea to put people on the euro banknotes should be fired.
I get wanting to ensure historic figures become respected as figures of respective places. Within reason of course.
But what matters more, is that the person themselves would be respected. And often, chosen names is one of those ways.
Not saying its easy, but sometimes it can be made simple. If the issue is „people dont know shes also Polish“, well then we should of course focus there!
But if it then becomes a discussion of education, it stops being about the status symbol of being on the euro… but I get why some Poles feel their culture and people shouldnt be neglected, or seen as second rate. Theyve had enough of that in history.
Sigh. Hopefully theres ways to both be practical, respectful to her, as well as respectful to her ancestry.
Just like how H.C. Andersen should be remembered as the poet and author who made many a fairytale, thats spread around the world. Even if it nowadays gets more remembered as a Disney thing, than a „Danish Culture“ thing in most of the world…
Theres discussions to be had. And I hope we focus on the core issues, rather than just to superficial slapfights over letters on money no one reads.
No people on our banknotes please.
Just stick to architecture instead of people. Europe is way too big to pick 6 people to represent us all, you’ll always have conflict
The proposal of having historical people depicted on the Euro is dumb and I doubt it will go anywhere. Too many countries with notable people, too few notes.
Not to mention some historically famous people might be quite divisive internationally. Id rather stick with broadly european architecture like we have now.
Also poland isnt even in the eurozone?