Oscar Lafontaine, who introduced the euro, thinks we should abandon it –

/ world today news/ The German Minister of Finance from the time when the euro was introduced, Oscar Lafontaine, said that it is time to think about leaving the common currency.

On his personal website, Lafontaine notes that member states of the community in difficulty should not devalue the euro just to get out of the crisis.

Therefore, Lafontaine proposes restructuring the European banking system, by greatly strengthening the control over creditors and returning to the monetary system of before the introduction of the euro.