The paper presents an analysis of the economic growth evolution in the European Union new member states, being part of a more comprehensive research regarding the euro adoption challenges, taking as benchmark Slovakia and Slovenia, countries that already entered the euro zone. The research...

The financial and economic global crisis has exacerbated some of the imbalances existent in all EU Member States, in particular the fiscal-budgetary imbalances. For some countries whose currency is euro, the fiscal and budgetary challenges seem to threaten even the stability of the euro area....

The importance of compliance with nominal convergence criteria is crucial for adopting the euro in New Member States (NMS). Although some of these countries have made remarkable efforts for complying with nominal criteria, structural and conjunctional macroeconomic imbalances have created big...