The benefits of euro membership are also clear to many other small economies. Slovenia, which entered the eurozone in 2007, and Slovakia, which joined at the beginning of 2009 – just as the cresting financial crisis slammed shut the door to further euro enlargement – have enjoyed much greater financial stability than their untied neighbors.
对另一些小经济体而言，欧元区成员资格的好处也很明显。斯洛文尼亚和斯洛伐克有幸分别于2007年和2009年初加入欧元区，恰好赶在金融危机关上欧元区扩大之门的前夕，后来，它们都享受到那些未加入的邻国所没有的金融稳定性。