Slovakia had previously been on a floating exchange rate, so the major issues included the sustainability of the inflation criterion and the exchange rate pass-through to prices. But the discussions were frank and turned out successful. In terms of the technical issues and the technical changeover, the euro adoption was much less bumpy.
I’m glad that although we took some its profits, the banking industry is very happy with the euro adoption. The same goes for the citizens and firms, and no major political party is explicitly against it, either. The euro adoption in Slovakia is praised mainly for supporting exchange rate stability, ease of travel, and business.