Germany should take a leaf from Switzerland's book and fix the exchange rate of a relaunched DEM against a 'Latin euro' at "whatever was deemed bearable, for as long as needed" if it exits the euro, says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (Daily Telegraph). The SNB introduced a 1.20 minimum EUR/CHF exchange rate on 6 Sept last year and has kept it there ever since. Germany was one of the 11 founder members of the euro on 1 Jan 1999, after EUR/DEM was fixed at 1.95583 on 31 Dec 2008. Germany is 25-1 to leave the euro before the end of this year, according to Paddy Power.