News coverage of the common currency:
de Vreese, C. H., Peter, J., & Semetko, H. A. (2001). Framing politics at the launch of the euro: A cross-national comparative study of frames in the news. Political Communication, 18 (2), 107-122.
Sweden and Denmark have held national referendums on the participation in the third phase of the EMU (the introduction of the euro). A book was published by Routledge in August 2004 exploring the dynamics of referendum campaigns
Previously published articles about the referendum campaigns:
de Vreese, C. H. (2004). Primed by the euro: The impact of a referendum campaign on public opinion and evaluations of government and political leaders. Scandinavian Political Studies, 27, 1, 45-65.
de Vreese, C. H. & Semetko, H. A. (2004). News Matters: Influences on the vote in a referendum campaign. European Journal of Political Research 43 (5), 701-724.
de Vreese, C. H. & Semetko, H. A. (2002). Cynical and engaged: strategic campaign coverage, public opinion and mobilization in a referendum. Communication Research, 29 (6), 615-641.
de Vreese, C. H. & Semetko, H. A. (2002). Public perception of polls and support for restrictions on the publication of polls: Denmark’s 2000 euro referendum. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 14, 410-433.