History of modern Greece force Greece to abandon the euro and bring back its former currency, the drachma. In April 2014, Greece returned to the global bond market as it successfully sold €3 billion worth of five-year government bonds at a yield of 4.95%. According to the IMF, Greece will have real GDP growth of 0.6% in 2014 after 5 years of decline. Following the May 2012 legislative election where the New Democracy party became the largest party in the Hellenic Parliament, Samaras, leader of ND, was asked by Greek President Karolos Papoulias to try to form a government. However, after a day of
Czech Republic and the euro positioned to adopt the euro, following the European debt crisis there has been considerable opposition among the public to the adoption of the euro currency. According to a poll conducted in April 2017, 29% of Czechs were in favour of introducing the euro while 70% were opposed and 1% undecided. , there is no target date by the government for joining the ERM II or adopting the euro. The ruling cabinet that was formed following the 2017 legislative election does not plan to proceed with euro adoption within its term. The European Union membership referendum in 2003 approved the country's