 Following these events in the beginning of 2002 Montenegro took a decision to officially and unilaterally adopt the euro, first as a parallel legal tender to the Deutsche Mark, and since June 2002 as the only legal tender.The main motives were the same as before - to ensure monetary stability and to continue to avoid high/hyper inflation in the preceding decades.To date there are no official ties or agreements between Montenegro and the European Central Bank approving the use of the euro as an official currency.