But I also have an older daughter, and I know that the next ten years are usually much more difficult than the first ten. When I look at the twenty-year history of the euro, the same also applies; nevertheless, I don’t think the trend is uniform, so I hope that Slovakia will continue being a successful euro area member over the next ten years.
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