Krisztina Arató is Professor of Political Science, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary.

Boglárka Koller is Professor of European Studies, University of Public Service - Ludovika, Hungary.

Anita Pelle is Jean Monnet Professor in Economics, University of Szeged, Hungary.

Part I: Horizontal Issues

1 Seventeen Years in the European Union: The Questions of Monetary Integration in Central and Eastern Europe

Krisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle

2 International Political Economy and Eurozone Membership of Post-transition Economies: A Theoretical Framework

Anita Pelle

3 Eurozone Membership, Economic and Political Gains and Losses

Christian Schweiger

4 Are Democratic Backsliding and Staying out of the Eurozone Interconnected?

Krisztina Arató and István Benedek

5 The Euro and the Collective Identities of Central and Eastern European Nationals

Boglárka Koller

6 The Global and the Eurozone Crises and their Effects on Central and Eastern Europe's Economic Performance

Gabriella Tabajdi and Marcell Zoltán Végh

7 Companies in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurozone Membership: An Attempt at a Microeconomic Analysis

Marta Götz and Barbara Jankowska

8 The Banking Union and the Central and Eastern Europe Countries

Katalin Mér¿

Part II: Country Studies

9 Eurozone Integrational Project Assessment: Economic Lessons from Slovenia and Croatia

Maks Tajnikar, Petra Došenovi¿ Bon¿a and Ivan Rubini¿

10 Slovakia in the Eurozone: Tatra Tiger or Mafia State inside the Elite Club?

Zsolt Gál and Darina Malová

11 Poland and Euro Adoption: From Integration-driven Enthusiasm to Post-pandemic Uncertainty

Jakub Borowski

12 The Hungarian Eurolessness: From Eulogy to Neutrality and Beyond

Olivér Kovács

13 The Czech Republic and the Euro: Not Now, or Not Ever?

Vladan Hodulák and Zden¿k Sychra

14 The Baltic States and the Eurozone

Magnus Feldmann and Vytautas Kuokštis

15 A Tale of Two Peripheries: The Euro Accession in Bulgaria and Romania

Cornel Ban and Clara Volintiru

16 Central and Eastern Europe and the Euro in the 2020s: What is on the Horizon?

Krisztina Arató, Boglárka Koller and Anita Pelle