THE GOVERNANCE OF EURO ADOPTION IN THE NEW MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The project goal is to realize a pragmatic and analytical study on the new economic governance regarding the adoption of the single currency by the new member states of the European Union, while identifying the trends of major interest for Romania within the new post-crisis context. On these lines, the project proposes a dynamic analysis focusing on the trends reflected by the previous studies and correlated with the current developments. The purpose of the project is to accomplish an economic analysis and assessment of the performance and measures taken by the new and older member states of the European Union, in close correlation with EU initiatives to reinterpret the concept of optimal currency area and to study the sustainability of the euro, which is essential within the new circumstances resulting from the evolution of the global economy.