Thus, the Eastern European state was able to overcome the last obstacle on the path to the eurozone. Earlier, the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) also supported the introduction of the euro in Slovakia, noting that the country had met the economic criteria for this step.
As Lenta.ru notes, in Slovakia itself, many have a negative attitude towards joining the eurozone, as it threatens to accelerate inflation.
Slovakia will become the sixteenth state of the eurozone. The euro was introduced into free circulation in 11 European countries in 1999. Later, Greece, Slovenia, Cyprus, and Malta joined the monetary union. Some European Union members, in particular the United Kingdom and Sweden, refused to switch to the single currency.