eurocreep

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Eurocreep.

   Since the June Practical Issues, KPMG Consulting has published an update of its 'eurocreep' survey.

   1999, Practical Issues Arising from the Introduction of the Euro

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   It is alleged that there is a Bliar encouraged official New Crony Party policy called 'eurocreep' and getting shops to accept the euro is just part of that.

   2001 December 3, Disgusted of Tunbrige Wells, “QUEEN SNUBS BLAIR AND REJECTS EURO”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet)

   Northern Ireland is experiencing tangible signs of eurocreep — the gradual arrival of the euro into the UK economy -- since it is the only part of the nation to have a land boarder with a eurozone country.

   2002, Financial World: The Chartered Institute of Bankers Magazine, page 25

plural Eurocreeps · alternative eurocreep

1. dateduncountableThe spreading use of the Euro as currency in countries that have not officially adopted it.

   Drew warned of the danger of "Eurocreep", ...

   2002, Financial Management, page 35

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   On the other hand, so-called 'Eurocreep' (Economist 2002b) is not sufficient in itself to overcome reticence in the UK about membership of the Euro, which is why detailed debate needs to take place to inform people of the benefits of EMU ...

   2002 February, Benito Giordano, “Euro (sceptic) land: a response to Pollard and Sidaway”, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

   Eurocreep has become a marked trend, particularly in countries which either intend to adopt the currency at a later date, or have intentions to join the European Community at a specified point in the future.

   2004, Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell, Key Concepts in International Business, →ISBN

2. broadlycountablederogatoryA proponent, in the 1980s, of closer ties between Britain and the European community.

   The Eurocreeps have written for her a really loathsome text, wallowing in rejection of our own national identity, which has come up to me for comment in the trade context.

   2011, Alan Clark, Ion Trewin, Alan Clark: A Life in his Own Words, →ISBN

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   'John doesn't speak any French', explained the wife of one highly-placed British Eurocreep, 'and his secretary is French, so of course that makes things quite difficult for him.'

   1983, Rosalind Miles, Danger!: Men at Work, page 198

   The Bruge speech of September 1988 did not turn out as the 'Eurocreeps' had intended. Instead of making the 'positive' statement on Europe that the foreign secretary had hoped for when he first suggested she make the speech, Thatcher delivered her most celebrated attack on the European Community.

   2013, Richard Vinen, Thatcher's Britain: The Politics and Social Upheaval of the Thatcher Era, →ISBN