The euro Motion: "This house believes the euro, as a single currency, is dividing Europe and should be abolished."

	The euro Motion: "This house believes the euro, as a single currency, is dividing Europe and should be abolished."

Live dates: July 26th - August 5th 2011 Current round: Opening Dear Reader, Is the euro worth the trouble it is causing, politically and economically? Is it time to dump the single currency? Our debate begins today, and we would like to hear what you have to say. Vote now and tell us your views. Moderator's comments Is the whole experiment of a monetary union without a fiscal and political union a terrible mistake? Instead of wondering, as we did in a debate last year, whether the euro will survive, we ask our debaters to consider whether it would not be better to kill it off. There will be many valuable, interesting and pithy contributions from the floor. For now, I hope the debaters will expand on their arguments. And indeed, to both our contributors, is anybody asking Europe's citizens what they want? Read more Pro: Hans-Olaf Henkel "The 'one-size-fits-all' euro turned out to be a 'one-size-fits-none' currency." Read more Con: Guy Verhofstadt "Abolishing the single currency now would mean the end of the successful internal market that we currently have." Read more What do you think? Vote now and post your views on either The Economist online or Facebook. You can also stay updated via Twitter. Anton La Guardia Debate Moderator Brussels correspondent The Economist

Moderator Anton La Guardia Brussels correspondent, The Economist Defending the motion Hans-Olaf Henkel Professor, University of Mannheim and former head of Germany's business federation Opposing the motion Guy Verhofstadt Leader, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and former prime minister of Belgium

Current voting Pro 50% Con 50% Debate Schedule July 26th Opening statements July 29th Rebuttal statements and guest posting from Thomas Klau, Head of the Paris office, European Council on Foreign Relations August 1st Guest posting from José Fernández-Albertos, Permanent fellow, Institute for Public Goods & Policies, Spanish National Research Council August 3rd Closing statements August 5th Winner announcement