EU says Croatia ready to join eurozone in 2023
By DW
03 June 2022 |
7:02 am
The European Commission says Croatia has met all the conditions to adopt the euro common currency starting in 2023. The planned switch will come less than a decade after the Balkan country joined the EU.
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