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EC report reads Bulgaria is not ready for the euro

Valdis Dombrovskis
Photo: EPA/BGNES

Today the European Commission released its 2018 Convergence Report: Review of Member States' progress towards euro adoption.

The report covers Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden. The document reads that these countries have achieved significant nominal convergence, but none of them currently meet all the formal conditions for joining the euro area. Two of these Member States, Bulgaria and Croatia, fulfill all of the convergence criteria, except for the exchange rate criterion as they are not members of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II), the EC report reads.

“Bulgaria already fulfills the nominal Maastricht criteria related to price stability, public finances and convergence of long-term interest rates. We welcome the Bulgarian authorities current work towards Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II) participation to meet also the exchange rate stability criteria,” Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, said.


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