The Euro, which is the official currency of the European Union. It is a requirement to eventually adopt the Euro if you join the EU; however, two countries (Denmark and the United Kingdom) have opt-outs, meaning they are not required to adopt the Euro.
European Monetary Union, with the Euro being used as the currency for 17 of the 27 countries that are part of the European Union.
because they are part of the European Nations.
Spanish people use the Euro as their currency. It has been in circulation since 2002 when Spain adopted the currency along with several other European Union countries.
The Euro is not the currency of Europe. There are about 50 countries in Europe, of which 28 are members of an organisation known as the European Union. As of the 1st of January 2014, 18 of those 28 countries use the Euro. So most European countries use their own currencies, not the Euro. The first 12 countries to use the Euro started to do so on the 1st of January 2002. The other 6 have joined since then and others will start to use it in the coming years.
Yes, Eurozone should be capitalized as it refers to the group of European Union countries that have adopted the euro as their official currency.
The areas the use the euro as currency are in an economic and monetary union called the eurozone. 18 of the 27 member states of the European Union have adopted this currency. These countries are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia as well as Spain. The other 10 countries in the European Union use their own currencies.
Greek, Israeli, Roman and today's European and European-origin countries adopted and modified it.
16 countries have adopted the Euro, 5 other countries use the Euro with formal agreements (these are places such as the Vatican). 6 other districts or countries use the euro without formal agreement; these include Andorra - which doesn't have an official currency, and Akrotiri and Dhakalia - a British sovereign base area in Cyprus. Countries outside of Europe have adopted the euro for international transactions (an example is Cuba).
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One question, two answers. In the European Union there are 28 member states. However, of those states there are only 18 in the Eurozone. They have adopted the euro as a common currency.
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The European Union's main currency is the Euro. All member states have adopted the Euro except for Great Britain and Denmark.