Après l'euphorie, l'addition
Resident Scholar Zsolt Darvas discusses the disproportionately negative effect the financial crisis has had on Central and Eastern European countries. He proposes a few recommendations to help the CEE countries get back on their feet, including more financial assistance from the Western European countries that helped cause the crisis, and a change in attitude toward euro introduction.
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A version of this op-ed was published in Alternatives économiques in September 2009.
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