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daveoc64 60 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

>That's insane to me, in the EU anyway it's not permitted to only accept electronic payments..

That's not the case. There are individual laws in each country that govern this.

https://fullfact.org/online/UK-not-only-europe-country-legal...

bilekas 60 days ago [–]

I guess I was taking the recommendation as a regulation, my mistake.

Either way, there should be no reason grocery stores don't accept cash imo.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/cash_strategy/faqs/html/index...

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