Fifteen years of monetary integration in Europe

Abstract

The experience of the euro-zone is evaluated after fifteen years of existence and of the debt crisis. There are highlighted both the benefits and the problems that the introduction of the Euro has brought to the countries participants and are considered to be the perspectives of the zone. Some historical precedents of the union are checked, his benefits are discussed, in terms of placement in the monetary international system and of implementation of the monetary politics, and the adopted solutions are analyzed and the perspectives distinguish themselves for the zone