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Euro zone eastern enlargement and ECB’s voting mechanism reform

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  • Mihai Sebea

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The present paper analyses the issue of the voting mechanism reform within the ECB, as a consequence of the Eastern enlargement of the EU. Now it is known that beginning with the 1st January 2007 the euro zone will “go east” as Slovenia will be the first Eastern country the will join EMU’s 3rd stage. The eastern enlargement raises more complex challenges for the ECB because of three main aspects: 1. The new member states have to “catch up” and this is very important when setting the interest rate, 2. The new member state’s economic weight is very small comparative with their prospected position in the Governing Council, and 3. In the absence of the reform the ECB’s Governing Council would become the body evincing the highest number of voters, as compared with other decision-making structures of other central banks, such as the FED, being very difficult for such a body to take monetary policy decisions.Based on those challenges, the ECB will implement a new voting mechanism. Even so, this will not solve the problem of having large economies with weak representation, and small economies that have strong representation in the Governing Council.

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  • Mihai Sebea, 2006. "Euro zone eastern enlargement and ECB’s voting mechanism reform," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 1(3), pages 73-82, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:1:y:2006:i:3:p:73-82
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    1. Helge Berger & Jakob de Haan & Robert Inklaar & Jakob de Haan, 2003. "Restructuring the ECB," CESifo Working Paper Series 1084, CESifo.
    2. Mr. Helge Berger, 2002. "The ECB and Euro-Area Enlargement," IMF Working Papers 2002/175, International Monetary Fund.
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