Experience of the European Economic and Monetary Union and Its Implications for the Eurasian Integration Project
The article is devoted to the prospects of the monetary union creation on the basis of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), analyzed with consideration of the lessons learned from the experience of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (EMU). The author comes to the unambiguous conclusion: a monetary union should be firmly based on successively passed preceding levels of integration. Real convergence of national economies alongside with creation of common financial market is crucial for completion of the Eurasian integration in form of an economic union. Development towards the monetary union would require implicit adherence to the “four freedoms” principle as well as scrupulous coordination of fiscal policies. Nowadays, introduction of a single currency can’t be seen as top priority of the monetary and financial integration within the framework of the EAEU: the emphasis is put on coordination of exchange rate policies and broader use of national currencies in mutual settlements.