WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Twenty years after joining the European Union, Poland is still not ready to adopt the euro currency, the finance minister in the pro-European Union government said.
Andrzej Domański, finance minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, said in an interview on TVN24 on Monday that Poland joining the eurozone, the currency union of 20 EU members, is not justified at this time.
He said he believed that having its own currency, the zloty, helped Poland avoid recession during the global financial crisis and to weather other shocks.
On Wednesday, Poland and nine other countries will mark the 20th anniversary of joining the EU, on May 1, 2004. Under the terms of membership, Poland committed itself to replacing the zloty with the single European currency.
Oracle bone script art exhibition unveiled in South Africa
Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field's move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists
As Ben Affleck's daughter comes out as 'Fin', why are so many A
ALISON BOSHOFF: Robert Downey Jr's got his Oscar
EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: How Pippa Middleton revealed Kate's secret chutney recipe
Hannah Waddingham reflects on end of Ted Lasso and friendship with Jason Sudeikis
IMF approves immediate release of final $1.1 billion tranche of $3 billion bailout to Pakistan
Dramatic moment lorry on the M56 is engulfed by flames: HGV is destroyed by raging inferno
Posts misrepresent Green Party candidate’s comment on a Jewish homeland
Brazil's president calls for IMF reform to reflect today's world