L’union économique et monétaire dans les pays en voie d’accession
– intérêts économiques et politiques
Maria Dunin-wasowicz
The European Union (EU) enlarged to 25 member states will start
operating on May 1,2004.This paper, reviewing the position of the EU and of the
Accession Countries (AC) in terms of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and
adoption of the Euro, argues that the further integration in this area is much
more about the deepening of the political integrity of the EU than about
lowering transaction costs. The AC will become members of the EMU but not of
the Euro from the first day of their membership in the EU. A debate, however,
on the political and economic implications resulting from the adoption of the
Euro by the Accession Countries (AC) is full of unsolved issues. The central
one is to define the possible scenario of path to the Euro by these countries.
It implicates actions on both sides of coming Euro-negotiations. The AC need to
proceed to a number of economic reforms and to enhance a political debate on
the merits of using the Euro. On the EU side, undertaking reforms, including
the redefinition of the rules of the Growth and Stability Pact (GSP), is an
indispensable requisite for a proper functioning of the « old» economies. The
lack of reforms may hamper a political position of the EU.
Keywords :
Euro, EMU, accession countries (AC), adoption of the Euro, EMU criteria, Growth and Stability Pact, public opinion.
• 1. LE PUZZLE DE L’UEM : REMPLIR LES CRITÈRES DE COPENHAGUE ET LE
MUST POLITIQUE DE L’EURO
— (i) Le syndrome du «
trop-faiblement-préparé-pour-compter
»
— (ii) Attitudes politiques et économiques
• 2. LA BOITE À BIJOUX DES PIÈCES EURO : UNE AFFAIRE
POLITIQUE
— (i) L’euro et les perceptions polonaises de l’ordre
européen
— (ii) L’euro et les perceptions tchèques de l’ordre
européen
— (iii) L’euro et les perceptions
hongroises de l’ordre européen
• EN GUISE DE CONCLUSION