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The establishment of a common European currency was an expression of a political intention to accelerate the integration processes in the European Union and to provide its societies with a possibility to make use of the benefits of a peaceful coexistence of nations. The eurozone was supposed to help to create a safe and dynamically developing “common European home”. The economic crisis, which came to the Old Continent from overseas, called the fulfilment of those plans into question. Now, the fortunes of the united Europe in its current form are uncertain. The future of the common currency will fundamentally influence all this what must happen. The article deals with the factors which influence the current events. They are divided into factors creating and bonding the eurogroup and those which contribute to its destabilisation. There is also an analysis which indicates which factors will fundamentally influence the shape of the euro area in the nearest future.