I would like to add a question to this list: 4. How can we develop Europe further? What should be on the agenda? 1. The euro is good for Europe and good for Germany  The introduction of the euro in now 17 EU Member States has had clear political and economic advantages.
We benefit on a daily basis from the single currency, and this is also true during the crisis. Allow me very briefly to run through the facts again. BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  The euro is a stable currency. Over the period since the introduction of the single currency, the average inflation rate in the euro area has been 2%.