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1、2014年拉脱维亚将加入欧元区欧盟委员会确认，东欧波罗的海沿岸国家拉脱维亚已经满足了加入欧元区所需达到的各项条件，已被批准自2014年1月1日起成为欧元区第18个成员国。 Latviawillbecomethe18thcountrytousetheeuroafterbeingapprovedformembershipbytheEuropeanCommission. Inareport,theCommissionconfirmedthattheBalticstatehadmetthecriteriaforjoiningthesinglecurrency. Latviaiskeentostreng

2、thentieswithwesternEuropeandreduceitsdependencyonRussia. Officialssaidtheeurozonehaddefiedthosewhopredicteditwouldcollapseunderthesovereigndebtcrisis. IthashadafinancialcrisisofitsownatatimewhenithadapolicyoffixingitsexchangerateagainsttheEuro.Itchosetostickwiththatpolicy.Latviadidnotseektoregainlos

3、tcompetitivenessbydevaluingthecurrency,whichmanycountrieshavedoneinpastfinancialcrises. Instead,itfollowedthepathoftroubledcountriessuchasGreeceandIrelandalreadyusingtheEuroandwentforwhat'scalled"internaldevaluation",restoringcompetitivenessthroughausterity. AlthoughnotaEurozonemember,Latviaineffect

4、acceptedtheconstraintsthatmembershipwouldhaveimposed.Ithasbeenverypainful. Economicactivityisrecoveringbutitisevennow12%belowitspre-crisispeak.Unemploymentisalsomovingintherightdirectionbutitremainshighat12.4%,despitesignificantemigration. Thecountrywillstartusingthecurrencyatthebeginningof2014after

5、meetingthecriteriaformembership,includinglowinflationandlong-terminterestrates,aswellaslowpublicdebt. EUEconomicandMonetaryAffairsCommissionerOlliRehnsaidLatvia'sdesiretoadopttheeurowasasignofconfidenceinthesinglecurrency. "Thosewhopredictedadisintegrationoftheeuro...weresimplywrong,"Rehntoldanewsco

6、nference. 2TheBBCBrusselscorrespondent,MatthewPrice,saidthatunlikesomeestablishedmembersofthezone,LatviawaswellwithintheeconomiclimitssetbyBrusselsforjoining. "InmuchofEasternEuropethere'swidespreadenthusiasm-certainlyamongpolicymakers-forjoiningthesinglecurrency,"henoted. "However,pollssuggestthatm

7、anyinthecountryareworriedtheswitchcoulddrivepriceshigher." Anti-europartieswonmorethanhalfofthevoteinelectionsinthecapital,Riga,lastweekend. LatviaunderwentoneofEurope'stoughestausterityprogrammesafte