Time to loosen the criteria for joining the euro

Commentary feature in which author argues for a relaxation of the Maastrict Criteria for entering the euro in order to help prevent the financial and economic crisis currently developing in Central and Eastern Europe from deepening in the region.

Website: TIGER (Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research) http://www.tiger.edu.pl/english/onas/main.htm

BBC News, 13.3.09: Will euro save Eastern Europe? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7932770.stm

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