Estonia Looks Ready to Join the Euro Zone

Article suggests that the next member of the euro zone could be Estonia. A final decision will be up to the European Commission in the spring of 2010, but indications from EU leaders are positive.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Estonia and euro adoption: Small country challenges of joining EMU http://www.europeansources.info/record/estonia-and-euro-adoption-small-country-challenges-of-joining-emu/

European Commission: DG Economic and Financial Affairs: The euro: Your country and the euro: Estonia and the euro http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/euro/countries/estonia_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Estonia speeds full tilt towards the eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/estonia-speeds-full-tilt-towards-the-eurozone/

Estonia: Government Communication Office Briefing Room: News, 13.1.10: Germany supports Estonia’s Euro aspirations http://www.valitsus.ee/brf/index.php?id=297024&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+valitsus%2Fpress-eng+%28valitsus+Pressiteated+ENG%29

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