Polityczne i ekonomiczne uwarunkowania tworzenia i funkcjonowania unii walutowych

The aim of this paper is to discuss political circumstances related to joining the eurozone. The author claims that political conditions related to the euro area, associated primarily with the significant loss of sovereignty by EU member states, have not only symbolic and axiological dimensions, but also negatively affect the possibility to pursue an independent socio‑economic policy, and therefore effective implementation of the constitutional commitments of the government towards its citizens