Minister of Finance on the adoption of the euro. “We do not meet…”

On Friday, “Live with the Minister of Finance” was organized, during which Andrzej Domański answered questions from Internet users. One of them concerned the introduction of the euro in Poland. According to the head of the Ministry of Finance, the discussion on adopting the common currency is a “substitute discussion”.

Minister of Finance on the adoption of the euro

– The Polish economy is absolutely not ready to adopt the euro, we do not meet the convergence criteria – Domański said.

The Minister of Finance emphasized that the Polish zloty has helped the Polish economy cope with crises many times. – The Ministry of Finance is not working on the adoption of the common currency, even potential – concluded Domański.

Let us recall that Poland committed to adopting the euro when the accession treaty was signed, under which our country became a member of the EU. This happened in April 2003.

A recent survey by the SW Research agency for “Wprost” shows that Poles are quite skeptical about replacing the zloty with the European currency. When asked “Are you in favor of adopting the euro in Poland?”, as many as 61.1 percent respondents answered “no”, and only every fourth survey participant gave an affirmative answer (26.1%). 12.8% of respondents had no opinion on this matter.

The study shows that the greatest skepticism towards the euro is expressed by respondents in the age group of 25-34 years (66.9%), people with secondary education (64%), as well as respondents with monthly net earnings ranging from PLN 3,000 to PLN 5,000 (62.9%). There is also aversion to the European currency among residents of small towns. The survey shows that two thirds of respondents from cities with a population of up to 20,000 do not want the euro. inhabitants and from 20 to 99 thousand inhabitants.