Croatia joins the euro area
date: 21/12/2022
The Commission has fully supported Croatia in the process of joining the euro area. With Croatia, 20 EU Member States and 347 million EU citizens will share the EU's common currency. The euro will deliver practical benefits to Croatian citizens and businesses. It will make travelling and living abroad easier, boost the transparency and competitiveness of markets, and facilitate trade. Euro notes and coins will also become a tangible symbol for all Croatians of the freedom, convenience and opportunity that the EU makes possible. Public support for the euro in the euro area remains very strong, with broad majorities of EU citizens believing the euro is a good thing for the EU as a whole and for their own country.