markets will not be unified by the introduction of the euro. National central banks have a vested interest in preserving local … expressed in euro imperfect substitutes across borders. Prudential control will also continue to be handled differently from … country to country. In the long run these national idiosyncracies cannot survive competitive pressures in the euro area. The …

"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary … policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we … are now appearing within the Euro area which threaten its long-term cohesiveness. The most manifest example of this threat …