Publication: Los aspectos monetarios en el relato de Europa: 1948-1978
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2019
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Universidad de Alicante
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El relato monetario europeo, desde el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta la puesta en marcha del Sistema Monetario Europeo y el ECU, se define mediante la paradoja de que los estados miembros de la CEE aspiraban a una mayor unión económica y, al mismo tiempo, se resistían a ceder soberanía en el terreno monetario. Los desajustes provocados por esta paradoja ponían en peligro la viabilidad del proyecto europeo. Con objeto de hacerles frente, el mundo privado impulsó la creación y utilización de “monedas-cesta”, como la European Monetary Unit o el “Eurco” que, paralelamente, servían para señalar al mundo político la necesidad de una moneda única europea. Todo ello en un contexto internacional en el que el dólar y sus problemas se trasladaban a las divisas de los estados de la CEE haciendo muy difícil mantener un equilibrio en el valor del comercio intracomunitario, lo que implicaba crisis monetarias continuas.
The European monetary story, from the end of World War II to the implementation of the European Monetary System and the ECU, is identified with the paradox that the member states of the EEC wanted greater economic union while resisting sovereignty transfer in the monetary field. The imbalances caused by this paradox endangered the viability of the European project. In order to confront them, the private sector promoted the creation and use of ‘basket currency’, such as the European Monetary Unit or the ‘Eurco’ which, at the same time, served to point out to politicians the need for a single European currency. All this took place in an international context where the dollar and its problems were transferred to the currencies of the EEC states, making it quite difficult to maintain some balance in the value of intra-community trade, which implied continuous monetary crises.
The European monetary story, from the end of World War II to the implementation of the European Monetary System and the ECU, is identified with the paradox that the member states of the EEC wanted greater economic union while resisting sovereignty transfer in the monetary field. The imbalances caused by this paradox endangered the viability of the European project. In order to confront them, the private sector promoted the creation and use of ‘basket currency’, such as the European Monetary Unit or the ‘Eurco’ which, at the same time, served to point out to politicians the need for a single European currency. All this took place in an international context where the dollar and its problems were transferred to the currencies of the EEC states, making it quite difficult to maintain some balance in the value of intra-community trade, which implied continuous monetary crises.