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I'm really not sure how the accession of Greece in 1981 has anything to do with being the "largest economy in the world", and "the EU" today has little to do wi
by seszett 12y ago
I'm really not sure how the accession of Greece in 1981 has anything to do with being the "largest economy in the world", and "the EU" today has little to do with the EEC at the time (especially since about 2/3 of the EU countries today were not part of the EEC then).
Greece was among the first countries to join the EU (the fourth one if I count correctly) and at the time, the EU (actually, the EEC) was still rather far from being the largest economy in the world.
It was actually more based on the historical and cultural place of Greece in Europe than economical grounds, as well as a way to help them recover from the previous dictatorship.
- jacquesm 12y agoGreece did not become part of the Euro zone in 1981 because at the time the Euro was a distant dream in the heads of some politicians and bankers. Please refer to the introduction of the Euro, not Greece joining the EU, those two have absolutely nothing to do with each other. You can be part of the EU but not part of the Euro zone just fine.