Formed originally as a free trade area, the eurozone comprises 17 of the countries.

But the future of the European Union and the fate of the eurozone still hang in the balance.

The capital of England is London, which is the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures.

Ukraine is big, and Georgia is far away in the Caucasus.

The eurozone is distinct from the EU of course, but it is the Union s most ambitious undertaking to date, and it is still struggling to equip itself with the structures needed to bolster a currency union.

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The last attempt to create an EU US free trade zone, under President Bill Clinton, failed because of the EU s rigid, antiquated agricultural policy.

The EU budget should facilitate such transfers in the eurozone, using structural funds.

The eurozone is distinct from the EU of course, but it is the Union s most ambitious undertaking to date, and it is still struggling to equip itself with the structures needed to bolster a currency union. A common fiscal policy remains a distant dream, as does a genuine political union.

Only the EU can protect the interests of all Europeans including those outside the euro zone and even outside the EU.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development therefore encourages all new EU member states that have not yet started doing so to draft credible and convincing plans for euro zone admission.

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The prospect of EU membership is at the heart of EU policy in the western Balkans, where we are starting to show (for example in Bosnia Herzegovina) a dangerous disinclination to apply tough conditionality.

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Likewise, the rift between the eurozone s 17 members and the other ten EU countries is widening.

Its bid to join the European Union is currently stalled, while the eurozone recession dampens its growth.

New EU membership applications confirm the desire of Balkan governments to engage seriously in internal reforms.

The EU bet here is that, on the back of Croatia s accession, the enlargement logjam in the western Balkans will finally be broken.

The EU remains for now relatively uncontaminated by America s disintegrating reputation in the Middle East.

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The EU has created a zone of peace where once there was relentless war.

And, obviously, only 16 nations within the 27 member EU s free trade area use the euro.

Indeed, all EU countries not just eurozone members would benefit from such a framework.

What would follow the disintegration of the eurozone and almost certainly with it that of the European Union?

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LONDON Germany has been leading the opposition in the European Union to any write down of troubled eurozone members sovereign debt.

With Turkey as a member, the EU would gain legitimacy as a more normal world region.

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The sunny climate of the eastern Mediterranean draws a steady stream of tourists, and European Union membership in the south has pushed income levels for Greek Cypriots higher than the EU average.

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The final question is what such a eurozone banking union would mean for the single financial market, and especially for EU countries that are outside the single currency.

Indeed, Northeast Asia would become the third major axis of regional economic integration, following the EU and NAFTA.

The EU is also considering negotiating a free trade area with Georgia and relaxing visa rules for Georgian citizens.

The EU should also be encouraged to be more forthright in agreeing to an Association Agreement and free trade area.

But it is hard to see how the EU as we know it could survive even a partial disintegration of the eurozone.

We must go beyond cooperation and establish an EU wide supervisory authority, particularly in the eurozone.

PARIS European Union leaders concluded 2012 with a landmark agreement that places all eurozone banks under a single supervisor.