Euro area

Today, around 340 million citizens in 19 countries live in the euro area, and this number will increase as future enlargements of the euro area continue to spread the benefits of the single currency more widely in the European Union.

What is the euro area?

The euro area consists of those Member States of the European Union that have adopted the euro as their currency.

Economic and Monetary Union
  • What is the Economic and Monetary Union? (EMU)
  • How Economic and Monetary Union works
  • History of the euro

    • Enlargement of the euro area
  • Who can join and when?
  • Convergence criteria for joining
  • Convergence Reports
  • Introducing the euro

    • The euro
  • Euro coins and notes
  • The benefits of the euro
  • Use of the euro
  • Anti-counterfeiting
  • History of the euro
  • Public opinion on the euro
  • EU Countries and the euro
  • Find a speaker for your event about the euro

    • Anti-counterfeiting
  • Anti-counterfeiting measures
  • Legislation against euro-counterfeiting
  • The European Technical and Scientific Centre (ETSC)
  • Pericles 2020 programme – Exchanges, assistance & training
  • Cooperation forums

    • Financial assistance to euro area countries
  • Financial assistance to Cyprus
  • Financial assistance to Greece
  • Financial assistance to Ireland
  • Financial assistance to Latvia
  • Financial assistance to Portugal
  • Financial assistance to Spain
  • Financial assistance to EU countries

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