Poland « grateful » for euro crisis

"We should be grateful for the crisis and the stagnation we are seeing in the eurozone because our decision on joining will be better thought out," commented Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek, on 12 November. Warsaw thus confirms its wait-and-see approach, but in terms never used until now. "We know today that the direct macroeconomic advantages [of adopting the euro] seem a bit less attractive than in 2004, when Poland joined the EU. That is so because Poland has matured…