Citatet The euro makes countries poorer 2015-07-302015-07-30 PB 0 kommentarer ”Little real convergence has taken place among the euro area economies since the establishment of the euro, despite initial expectations that the single currency would act as a catalyst for faster real convergence. In fact /…/ there is some evidence of divergence among the early adopters of the euro, given that over 15 years a number of relatively low-income countries have maintained or even increased their income gaps with respect to the average. – Italy, initially a higher-income country, recorded the worst performance, suggesting substantial divergence from the high-income group.” ECB