Euro zone
Euro zone is two words. It's the zone where the Euro is used as a unit of currency.
The currency of France is the Euro (€).The euro zone, officially the euro area, is a Monetary Union (EMU for European Monetary Union) of 17 European States which have adopted the Euro currency as their sole Legal Tender currency. The current countries of the Euro Zone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland (republic of), Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands (Holland), Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, SpainFrance used to have the Franc as their currency,
No. Wales uses Sterling not the Euro.
The countries listed all have their own currencies, except those in the Euro zone, who share the Euro.
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yes
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
No Switzerland is in Europe but didn't agree to use Euro.
At the moment the euro has a huge impact of those in the euro zone and also those that aren't in the euro zone, the state of the euro affects the price of imports and exports as for example, places like England do a lot of trading with countries within Europe. However, for industries such as tourism the Euro can have a good impact for those who aren't in the euro zone as the value of the euro goes down- so instead of the euro being worth £1.50 it is worth £1.30.
Because Romania is not a member of the euro zone.
Greece began using the Euro notes and coins the same day as everyone else, on 1/1/02 (See Wikipedia entry "Enlargement of the Euro Zone". However, the Euro was born in the form of an accounting unit, replacing the "ECU", in 1/1/99, so that it could be used for electronic commerce and travelers checks. Greece joined after that date, so the Drachma/Euro exchange rate was fixed in 2000.