The Transition from the Leu to the Euro in the Context of the Global Financial Crisis

Adopting the Euro is Romania’s most important project in its first decade as an EU member by scope, efforts required and impact. The paper aims to initiate a comprehensive debate on topics related to the Euro adoption by raising questions, examining answers and suggesting solutions on issues such as: what are the costs and benefits to be expected by a country like Romania?financial crisis, euro adoption, economic and monetary policies