The euro is the second most important global currency after the US dollar. However, its international role has not … increased since its inception in 1999. The private sector prefers using the US dollar rather than the euro because the financial … the attractiveness of the euro outside the euro area requires, among others, a proactive role for the European Central …

Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. This paper examines how support for the euro and trust in …. Support for the euro in the two euroarea members Austria and Finland has remained high and relatively stable since the … physical introduction of the new currency nearly 20 years ago, while the euro crisis significantly reduced support for the euro …

. It finds that political mishandling has increased uncertainty, which has contributed to a tendency for the euro to become …

economic fundamentals of Euro area member countries have not harmonized. The opposite holds: the Euro core countries - most of … international competitiveness. Although the overall balance of payments for the Euro area at large is almost balanced, internal … disequilibria are skyrocketing and default risk premiums and tensions within the Euro area are rising, thus jeopardizing the …

the EMU, in no case should cutbacks be made for small countries concerning the stability requirements. -- Euro ; European …

The aim of the euro was to speed up the integration process and economic development in Europe. History of euro showed … states. Therefore common interests in euro area were not enough protected. Last global financial and economic crisis showed … clearly main weaknesses of euro and enforced to start to liquidate them. We conclude that resent reforms and enlargement of …

The Euro zone debt crisis has indeed jeopardized the recovery plans put in place post global crisis by regulators …

French taxpayer. In the aftermath of the devaluation of the Franc CFA in 1994, and of the peg of the currency to the Euro in …