The first condition is to meet the 5 performance criteria: deficit of less than 3%, debt of less than 70%, low inflation, etc. (...). For the moment, there are only four or five countries, including Côte d'Ivoire, that meet these criteria," he added, stressing that the process should be "gradual". "Five, eight, ten countries the criteria can come together," he said, adding that others could then join them like the eurozone started at eleven and which includes ten nine countries today.