Even in a nation of Euro-enthusiasts, which has struggled hard and successfully to take part in economic and monetary integration, such a question was not likely to send anyone rushing to the polls.

ECONOMIST: Portugal

But that is just the beginning of an ambitious to-do list from the Fund, which starts from recognising, in the words of the staff report, that "incomplete economic and financial and fiscal integration is casting a shadow on the future of Economic and Monetary Union".

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As a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, Senegal is working toward greater regional integration with a unified external tariff and a more stable monetary policy.

FORBES: Senegal

There were also the tensions caused by Germany's reunification and the crises within the European monetary system, which raised the prospect of economic integration going into reverse.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

When it comes to economic integration and exchanges, I am completely sympathetic to the fact that there are challenges around monetary policy in developed and less-developed countries.

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