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All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [1] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [2]
The euro is used in the 20 eurozone countries and 4 European microstates (dark blue). It is also used de facto in (Montenegro and Kosovo) (red) The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] The euro's creation had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2]
The euro is the result of the European Union's project for economic and monetary union that came fully into being on 1 January 2002 and it is now the currency used by the majority of the European Union's member states, with all but Denmark (which has an opt-out in the EU treaties) bound to adopt it.
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These countries generally had previously implemented a currency peg to one of the major European currencies (e.g. the French franc, Deutsche Mark or Portuguese escudo), and when these currencies were replaced by the euro their currencies became pegged to the euro. Pegging a country's currency to a major currency is regarded as a safety measure ...
Euro: Oesterreichische Nationalbank: float Belgium: National Bank of Belgium Croatia: Croatian National Bank Cyprus: Central Bank of Cyprus Estonia: Bank of Estonia Finland: Bank of Finland France: Bank of France Germany: Deutsche Bundesbank Greece: Bank of Greece Ireland: Central Bank of Ireland Italy: Bank of Italy Kosovo [a] Central Bank of ...
Exchange rate arrangement (Number of countries) Exchange rate anchor Monetary aggregate target (25) Inflation Targeting framework (45) Others (43) US Dollar (37) Euro (28) Composite (8) Other (9) No separate legal tender (16) Ecuador El Salvador Marshall Islands Micronesia Palau Panama Timor-Leste Andorra Monaco San Marino Vatican City Kosovo