Speaking at the presentation of Erste Group’s financial results for the first half of 2019, Treichl also said the political and economic situation could be different, in the coming years.”

Mugur Isarescu said on July 4, 2019, at his re-election for a new five-year term as central bank governor, that his objective for the next five years is the introduction of the euro in Romania.

Europe’s weakest economies, such as Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, suffered after the introduction of the euro. The great winner of this historic operation, however, was Germany.