The adoption of the euro brought many challenges for some European states.
One eurozone member nearly destroyed the currency altogether as a result.
The crisis triggered new thinking about the euro and created a new institution intended to lend to struggling eurozone countries and protect the currency from speculation.
Al Jazeera's @John Psaropoulos reports from Athens, Greece.

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