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How was the euro developed and why did it replaced the national currencies for Europe?

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From what I gather the Euro has been a long time in the making. The site below gives the objective in three stages:

The successful development of the euro is central to the realisation of a Europe in which people, services, capital and goods can move freely.
Ref. https://www.euro.ecb.int/en/what/history.html

Euro History & Civil Business Politics

A currency is a pillar of national sovereignty; for the EU to centralise Europe into a single entity it must remove this and other pillars of national sovereignty from each country. This is done through the Euro and the concomitant obligations (such as countries transferring their gold reserves to the EU (Frankfurt)).

You may be able to find more info from some of the links at:

https://www.euro-know.org/

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What Can Save The Euro?
By Joseph E Stiglitz

Growth is needed in order to save the euro, not sermons and homilies, says Nobel Prize-winning economist. Ref. Source 7

Euro

Eurodämmerung - End of the Euro
By Paul Krugman

Some of us have been talking it over, and here's what we think the end game looks like Ref. Source 7

Euro

Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse:

Banks, companies and investors are preparing themselves for a collapse of the euro. Cross-border bank lending is falling, asset managers are shunning Europe and money is flowing into German real estate and bonds. Ref. Source 3