Latvia: the Long Road to the Euro

... economic interests are not to be affected. Latvian business has long been deeply integrated in European trading. Neglect of public opinion appears to indicate that the euro transition project is rather political than economic, since when outside the Eurozone, Latvia managed to overcome the crisis in a relatively short time, although with major social losses [1] . Latvians fear that inside the Eurozone, their country will completely lose its economic independence for adopting anti-crisis measures, while the ...