Krisztina Arató is Professor of Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary.Boglárka Koller is Professor of European Studies, University of Public Service – Ludovika, Hungary.Anita Pelle is Jean Monnet Professor in Economics, University of Szeged, Hungary.

• Part I: Horizontal Issues1 Seventeen Years in the European Union: The Questions of Monetary Integration in Central and Eastern EuropeKrisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle2 International Political Economy and Eurozone Membership of Post-transition Economies: A Theoretical FrameworkAnita Pelle3 Eurozone Membership, Economic and Political Gains and LossesChristian Schweiger4 Are Democratic Backsliding and Staying out of the Eurozone Interconnected? Krisztina Arató and István Benedek 5 The Euro and the Collective Identities of Central and Eastern European NationalsBoglárka Koller 6 The Global and the Eurozone Crises and their Effects on Central and Eastern Europe’s Economic PerformanceGabriella Tabajdi and Marcell Zoltán Végh 7 Companies in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurozone Membership: An Attempt at a Microeconomic AnalysisMarta Götz and Barbara Jankowska 8 The Banking Union and the Central and Eastern Europe CountriesKatalin Mérő Part II: Country Studies9 Eurozone Integrational Project Assessment: Economic Lessons from Slovenia and CroatiaMaks Tajnikar, Petra Došenović Bonča and Ivan Rubinić 10 Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club? Zsolt Gál and Darina Malová 11 Poland and Euro Adoption: From Integration-driven Enthusiasm to Post-pandemic UncertaintyJakub Borowski 12 The Hungarian Eurolessness: From Eulogy to Neutrality and Beyond Olivér Kovács 13 The Czech Republic and the Euro: Not Now, or Not Ever?Vladan Hodulák and Zdeněk Sychra14 The Baltic States and the EurozoneMagnus Feldmann and Vytautas Kuokštis15 A Tale of Two Peripheries: The Euro Accession in Bulgaria and RomaniaCornel Ban and Clara Volintiru 16 Central and Eastern Europe and the Euro in the 2020s: What is on the Horizon?Krisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle

Krisztina Arató is Professor of Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary.Boglárka Koller is Professor of European Studies, University of Public Service – Ludovika, Hungary.Anita Pelle is Jean Monnet Professor in Economics, University of Szeged, Hungary.

• Part I: Horizontal Issues1 Seventeen Years in the European Union: The Questions of Monetary Integration in Central and Eastern EuropeKrisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle2 International Political Economy and Eurozone Membership of Post-transition Economies: A Theoretical FrameworkAnita Pelle3 Eurozone Membership, Economic and Political Gains and LossesChristian Schweiger4 Are Democratic Backsliding and Staying out of the Eurozone Interconnected? Krisztina Arató and István Benedek 5 The Euro and the Collective Identities of Central and Eastern European NationalsBoglárka Koller 6 The Global and the Eurozone Crises and their Effects on Central and Eastern Europe’s Economic PerformanceGabriella Tabajdi and Marcell Zoltán Végh 7 Companies in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurozone Membership: An Attempt at a Microeconomic AnalysisMarta Götz and Barbara Jankowska 8 The Banking Union and the Central and Eastern Europe CountriesKatalin Mérő Part II: Country Studies9 Eurozone Integrational Project Assessment: Economic Lessons from Slovenia and CroatiaMaks Tajnikar, Petra Došenović Bonča and Ivan Rubinić 10 Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club? Zsolt Gál and Darina Malová 11 Poland and Euro Adoption: From Integration-driven Enthusiasm to Post-pandemic UncertaintyJakub Borowski 12 The Hungarian Eurolessness: From Eulogy to Neutrality and Beyond Olivér Kovács 13 The Czech Republic and the Euro: Not Now, or Not Ever?Vladan Hodulák and Zdeněk Sychra14 The Baltic States and the EurozoneMagnus Feldmann and Vytautas Kuokštis15 A Tale of Two Peripheries: The Euro Accession in Bulgaria and RomaniaCornel Ban and Clara Volintiru 16 Central and Eastern Europe and the Euro in the 2020s: What is on the Horizon?Krisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle

Krisztina Arató is Professor of Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary.Boglárka Koller is Professor of European Studies, University of Public Service – Ludovika, Hungary.Anita Pelle is Jean Monnet Professor in Economics, University of Szeged, Hungary.

• Part I: Horizontal Issues1 Seventeen Years in the European Union: The Questions of Monetary Integration in Central and Eastern EuropeKrisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle2 International Political Economy and Eurozone Membership of Post-transition Economies: A Theoretical FrameworkAnita Pelle3 Eurozone Membership, Economic and Political Gains and LossesChristian Schweiger4 Are Democratic Backsliding and Staying out of the Eurozone Interconnected? Krisztina Arató and István Benedek 5 The Euro and the Collective Identities of Central and Eastern European NationalsBoglárka Koller 6 The Global and the Eurozone Crises and their Effects on Central and Eastern Europe’s Economic PerformanceGabriella Tabajdi and Marcell Zoltán Végh 7 Companies in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurozone Membership: An Attempt at a Microeconomic AnalysisMarta Götz and Barbara Jankowska 8 The Banking Union and the Central and Eastern Europe CountriesKatalin Mérő Part II: Country Studies9 Eurozone Integrational Project Assessment: Economic Lessons from Slovenia and CroatiaMaks Tajnikar, Petra Došenović Bonča and Ivan Rubinić 10 Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club? Zsolt Gál and Darina Malová 11 Poland and Euro Adoption: From Integration-driven Enthusiasm to Post-pandemic UncertaintyJakub Borowski 12 The Hungarian Eurolessness: From Eulogy to Neutrality and Beyond Olivér Kovács 13 The Czech Republic and the Euro: Not Now, or Not Ever?Vladan Hodulák and Zdeněk Sychra14 The Baltic States and the EurozoneMagnus Feldmann and Vytautas Kuokštis15 A Tale of Two Peripheries: The Euro Accession in Bulgaria and RomaniaCornel Ban and Clara Volintiru 16 Central and Eastern Europe and the Euro in the 2020s: What is on the Horizon?Krisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle