"Slovenia is entering the club of the most developed states in Europe," Bank of Slovenia Governor Mitja Gaspari said in his response to the decisions of the European Commission and European Central Bank to recommend that Slovenia be admitted to the eurozone on 1 January 2007.
"This is a result of good cooperation in the past," Gaspari moreover said, expressing hope that cooperation between the government, Bank of Slovenia and the social partners would persist.
According to him, several challenges await Slovenia and its economy, which the government, the central bank and the social partners will have to face. However, their present cooperation is a good basis for future progress on this path.
Gaspari moreover noted that the European partners have always welcomed the broad consensus which Slovenia has managed to reach on its way to the eurozone. In his view, this was one of Slovenia's main advantages over other candidates.
"I hope that the rest of the process of euro adoption will go well and that we will all have a chance in January to get used to new circumstances, a life with the euro," Gaspari added.
He moreover pointed out that the Bank of Slovenia would make an effort for this process to be conducted in such a way that the Slovenians will not see the euro changeover as a burden but as a responsibility.
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