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- Roman Arjona
- Alfred Steinherr
Abstract
[eng] The impact of European monetary union on the Mediterranean area . The creation of the European economic community is the most important economic fact of this second half of the twentieth century. This article aim is to present some consequences of the introduction of the euro principally on the Mediterranean area. We think that the introduction of the euro will have very important consequences on the countries of the Mediterranean area, so close to the EEC. The EEC constitutes the most important market for the Mediterranean countries and will exert on them important attraction phenomenon. The actually observed integration process, founded on trade, will be stimulated by the liberalisation of financial and commercial regime of these countries and will strength the existing financial relations. We expect that euro will replace dollar in the Mediterranean area as the financial instrument, as the reference currency, and the commercial currency. Main countries concerned by this profound evolution are analysed ; we shed light in this paper on Cyprus and Malta because of their small size, and on Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey because of the structure of their foreign trade. [fre] La création de l’Union économique et monétaire européenne est l’événement le plus marquant de l’histoire économique et monétaire de la fin du 20e siècle. Le présent document a pour objet d’examiner certaines conséquences de l’euro sur le plan mondial. Il porte surtout sur la zone méditerranéenne (ZM), car le magnétisme de l’euro aura des effets particulièrement marqués sur les pays de cette zone voisine de l’Union européenne. Celle-ci constitue le marché le plus proche et le plus riche pour les pays méditerranéens et exercera donc sur eux une forte attraction. Le processus d’intégration en cours, fondé sur le commerce, sera stimulé par la libéralisation des régimes commercial et financier de ces pays et enrichie par les relations financières correspondantes que l’existence permanente de l’UEM rendra bien plus intéressantes. Nous nous attendons à ce que l’euro remplace progressivement le dollar US dans la ZM comme instrument financier, comme monnaie de référence (par exemple pour la politique du taux de change) et dans une moindre mesure, comme monnaie de facturation des échanges commerciaux. Parmi les pays de la ZM les plus attirés vers la zone euro il y a d’une part Chypre et Malte du fait de leur taille réduite et, d’autre part, le Maroc, la Tunisie et la Turquie en raison de la structure de leur commerce extérieur.
Suggested Citation
Roman Arjona & Alfred Steinherr, 1999.
"L’impact de l’Union monétaire européenne sur la zone méditerranéenne,"
Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 52(2), pages 55-74.
Handle:
RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1999_num_52_2_3529
DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1999.3529
Note: DOI:10.3406/ecofi.1999.3529
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