Parts: Likeliness of joining euro is 70 pct
02.10.2009 | Juhan Parts | English news
Juhan Parts, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications said that Estonia has 70% probability of fulfilling the Maastricht criteria.
"We have differently optimistic people in the government. I'm not that much of an optimist, but joining euro-zone /.../ is actually quite realistic," Parts said.
"I asked from colleague Ligi (Jürgen Ligi - Minister of Finance), what's his estimation. I will not tell what he said, but I say that reality of meeting the criteria is 70-30 today," Parts said.
He said that euro is a natural part of exiting the crisis.
Source: www.balticbusinessnews.com
