Firstly Stolly I was referring to trade specifically. It doesn't.
The GDP Growth of the EU started to decline relative to the rest of the G20 since Maastricht and it has been worse in the Eurozone.
Germany's Centre for European Policy says euro brought a net gain of €2tn (€21,000 per capita) to Germans over 20 years to 2017. But it cost France €3.6tn (€56,000/capita) and Italy €4.3tn (€74,000/capita).
It works for some I suppose![]()