whereas, following relative convergence in the run-up to the introduction of the common currency, the euro area witnessed structural divergence between 1999 and 2009, which made the euro area as a whole less resilient to shocks;
ker je po sorazmerni konvergenci med pripravami na uvedbo skupne valute v euroobmočju med letoma 1999 in 2009 prišlo do strukturnih razlik, zaradi katerih je postalo euroobmočje kot celota manj odporno na pretrese;