Countries in emerging Europe remain drawn to the euro despite the Greek debt crisis threatening the stability of the monetary union.

Júlia Kiraly, a deputy governor of the National Bank of Hungary, said on Thursday that the eurozone debt crisis had not diminished the allure of the single currency. "The Greece tragedy has put the whole eurozone into a new light, [but] that doesn't mean that we will turn away. Our future is the optimal currency zone because Hungary is a small open economy with a