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5 unusual facts about Joaquín Almunia


Almunia

Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician and current European Commissioner for Competition

Controversies surrounding the Eurozone crisis

In September 2011, EU commissioner Joaquín Almunia shared this view, saying that expelling weaker countries from the euro was not an option: "Those who think that this hypothesis is possible just do not understand our process of integration".

Cypriot euro coins

On 16 May 2007, the Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs of the EU, Joaquín Almunia, recommended that Cyprus adopt the euro as scheduled.

International status and usage of the euro

The use of the euro in Montenegro and Kosovo has helped stabilise their economies, and for this reason the adoption of the euro by small states has been encouraged by former Finance Commissioner Joaquín Almunia.

Skouries mine

In July 2013, European Commissioner for Competition Joaquin Almunia declared that since the Greek State refused to collect the amount, the European Commission would take both parties again to the European Court.



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