Euro as the official currency of the Republic of Croatia and it's impact on the purchasing power of citizens

U kontinuiranom procesu svoga nastanka te s daljnjim integriranim pripajanjem novih članica, Europska unija je oduvijek željela kreirati jedinstveno gospodarsko, društveno, institucionalno i valutno područje. Mnoge od navedenih domena su već objedinjene, ali integracija valutnog područja u EU još nije dosegla potpunu razinu. EU je uvela euro tek od svojih članica kreirala autentičan spoj jedinstvene europske fiskalne, ekonomske i monetarne politike. Da bi uvela euro kao jedinstvenu valutu i olakšala si put prema korištenju valute kao i sve članice EU - a, Hrvatska slijedi sve pravne propise i smjernice EU–a u kontekstu provođenja koraka uvođenja eura. EU je prvo stvorila Ekonomsku i monetarnu uniju(EMU),s ciljem olakšavanja kreiranja puta prema jedinstvenoj valuti. Tako se omogućuje Europi postupak kompleksnih prednosti koje di donijela univerzalna valuta, iako postoje i zapreke gdje određene zemlje odbacuju euro kao valutu jer u njemu ne vide perspektivu razvoja. Uvođenje eura kao nove valute je kod odabranih zemalja, ali i već sada u Hrvatskoj potaknulo blagu inflaciju potrošačkih cijena koja ne ugrožava značajno kupovnu moć građana. U tom kontekstu se, kao i kod zemalja koje su ranije uvele euro, kod Hrvatske nakon blage početne inflacije, očekuje stabilizacija na valutnom tržištu i zadržavanje kontinuiteta i održivosti kupovne moći hrvatskih građana.In the continuous process of its creation and with the further integrated accession of new members, the European Union has always wanted to create a single economic, social, institutional and currency area. Many of these domains have already been merged, but the integration of the currency area into the EU has not yet reached its full level. The EU has introduced the euro and created an authentic blend of a single European fiscal, economic and monetary policy among its members. In order to introduce the euro as a single currency and to facilitate the path towards the use of the currency, as all EU members do, Croatia follows all EU legal regulations and guide lines in the context of implementing the steps of introducing the euro. The EU first created the European Monetary Union (EMU), with the aim of facilitating the creation of a path towards the single currency. This allows Europe to deal with the complex benefits of a universal currency, although there are obstacles where certain countries reject the euro as a currency because they do not see it as a development perspective. The introduction of the euro as a new currency has encouraged mild consumer price inflationin selected countries, but already in Croatia, which does not significantly jeopardize the purchasing power of citizens. In this context, as in the countries that previously adopted the euro, Croatia, after a slight initial inflation, is expected to stabilize the foreign exchange market and maintain the continuity and sustainability of the purchasing power of Croatian citizens