The euro before the Euro-union?

Nov 04, 1999
By Brooke Donald

TALLINN - Seven years after Estonia adopted its own currency and subsequently pegged it to the Deutschemark, talk of changing to the European monetary unit, the euro, has business leaders and politicians butting heads over what course the country should take on its road toward EU membership.Estonia was the first post-Soviet state to break from the ruble and take on its own currency in 1992 and may well be the first country to adopt the euro before it even becomes part of the union.Government off ...

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