Archived. Final update 27 March 2009.

In May 2008, it was 10 years since the final decision in May 1998 to move to the third and final stage of EMU – together with the decision on which Member States would participate – followed by the launch of the euro on 1 January 1999.

The EMU@10 project had three dimensions:

• assessing the economic achievements of the euro area’s first decade,
• identifying current and future challenges, and
• developing policy proposals in response to those challenges.

In addition to its large-scale internal research project, DG ECFIN involved leading external researchers and financed a series of essays and studies.

Economic Papers

• March 2008. Volume 2 Issue 2 This issue focuses on research undertaken inside the Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs in the context of EMU@10 [456 KB]
  
• March 2008. Volume 2 Issue 1 This issue covers the research workshop “EMU@10 – achievements and challenges