There are two ways of looking at that. What is now known as the European Union started as the European Economic Community in 1957. All six of the founding members use the Euro. They are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. When the European Union officially came into existence in 1993, there were 15 members. 12 of them started using the euro when it was launched. The three that did not were Sweden, Denmark and the United Kingdom. There are now 28 members of the European Union, of which 18 use the Euro and 10 do not.
17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro as their currency.
Members of the Eurozone were allowed to use the Euro. See the list on Wikipedia.
Switzerland
No. There are 27 members of the European Union. Only 16 of those use the Euro.
The currency is called the Euro, not the Euro Dollar. Not all countries in the European Union use the Euro. There are 28 countries that are members of the European Union. 18 use the Euro. 10 use their own currencies.
Poland does not use the euro. Not all members of the European Union use it. Poland's currency is the Zloty.
Hungary does not use the Euro. It's currency is the Forint. Only 17 of the 27 countries that are members of the organisation called the European Union use the Euro. The other 10 countries, Hungary being one of them, use their own currencies.
No. Only 19 of the 28 member countries use the Euro. The other 9 use their own currency.
17 of the 27 members of the European Union use the Euro, so it could not really be said the EU is united under the Euro.
The Euro is the same for all countries that use it, though one side of the coin is different in each country. All the notes are the same for all countries. You can still use those different coins in any of the countries that use the Euro. Not all countries in Europe use the Euro. There are over 50 countries in Europe. 28 of them are members of an organisation called the European Union. 18 of those 28 countries use the Euro as their currency.
Swansea is in Wales and Wales is in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom does not use the euro. It uses the pound sterling. Only 17 of the 27 countries that are members of the organisation called the European Union use the Euro. The other 10 countries, the United Kingdom being one of them, use their own currencies.
They abandoned them and started using the Euro as their currency instead. There are a lot more than 12 members of the European Union, but only 12 were founder members of the Euro in 2002. Other EU countries changed to the Euro later, and some still do not use it.