However, the European Commission has made it clear that "a stable macroeconomic framework is an essential indicator of a country's degree of preparedness for membership and the status of the country's agreements with the IMF may offer valuable information in this respect".
Međutim, Evropska komisija je jasno ukazala da je «stabilan makroekonomski okvir osnovni pokazatelj stepena spremnosti zemlje za članstvo, a status sporazuma koji zemlja ima sa MMF-om mogao bi da ponudi dragocene informacije u tom smislu».