This implies an institutional framework with a great capacity to understand and manage differences and to facilitate the interaction between the interest of the whole and the specific of the parts, in order to ensure that the former is greater than the sum of the latter. EMU also requires mutual trust, where responsibility and solidarity go hand in hand.
It is therefore important that Member States continue to work together in a committed way to complete the journey that started in 1999 so that European citizens can fully profit from the benefits of their common currency. The prospect of Croatia entering ERM II and subsequently adopting the euro is undoubtedly a very welcome development in this collective endeavour. Thank you.