此外，斯洛伐克与该地区的大部分国家不同，实现了加入欧元区的法定义务 — — 如果独立的苏格兰如人们预料那样寻求加入欧盟，也需要满足这些义务。
Furthermore, Slovakia, unlike most of its regional peers, has fulfilled its legal obligation to join the eurozone – an obligation that an independent Scotland would have to take on when, as expected, it sought EU membership.