Slovak businesses are satisfied with the euro.

The majority of respondents would adopt the euro again if Slovakia did not already have the EU's currency.Businesses are satisfied with the decision to adopt the euro as Slovakia's currency 10 years ago, according to a survey from September and October 2018 carried out by the Datank company for the #268SOB bank.

More than 300 people responded.Businessmen are satisfiedOne-third of respondents expressed their overwhelming satisfaction with adopting the euro, while nearly half of them are rather satisfied with this decision, the SITA newswire reported.

The survey suggests that the majority of respondents would agree on adopting the euro again if Slovakia did not have the EU's currency."If there was another referendum on the new currency, nine out of 10 business people would choose the euro," said Koloman Buzgoacute, corporate client solutions manager at #268SOB, as quoted by SITA, adding that 56 percent of respondents have not experienced any weaknesses of the euro adoption.

The elimination of the problems with exchange rate differences, easier cross-border trade, less bureaucracy and smoother travelling were regarded as the biggest assets of the euro, while the respondents described the increase in prices in particular as a negative effect...

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