Slovakia's finance minister pledged on Monday (7 August) to resign unless his country met its goal to join the euro by 2009.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Jan Pociatek said, "It is my personal responsibility to follow the euro commitment," allaying fears that a new leftist government, elected in June, might delay the adoption of the single currency.
Mr Pociatek said that his main priority was to keep the Slovakian budget deficit under the Maastricht limit of 3% of GDP....
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.