Crisis-hit economies in Central and Eastern Europe have seen their national currencies slide against the euro, fuelling a discussion about whether they should be allowed to adopt
the euro sooner Of the ten countries which joined the European Union in 2004, only two have already entered the eurozone, reports BBC/LETA.Some experts claim that new EU countries are not strong and flexible enough to join the eurozone.
The global downturn has strengthened this argument as foreign investors have pulled their money out of Eastern European and other emerging markets, hitting their economies hard and sending their currencies into a destabilising tail-spin.
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