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The collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full.
''The euro.''
 
The Euro zone is the collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full.
Sometimes written 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.
Sometimes written 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.


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The nine European Union (EU) countries which are not in the euro area are:
The eight European Union (EU) countries which are not in the euro area are:
 
Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK).
 


====Brexit====
Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden.
A referendum in the UK in June 2016 resulted in a vote for the UK to begin the process of leaving the EU.  




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* [[Central bank]]
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* [[Core countries]]
* [[ESCB]]
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* [[Eurobond]]
* [[Eurobond]]
* [[European Central Bank]]
* [[European Central Bank]]
* [[European Financial Stability Facility]]
* [[European Monetary Union]]
* [[European Monetary Union]]
* [[European Stability Mechanism]]
* [[European Union]]
* [[European Union]]
* [[Eurosystem]]
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* [[Grexit]]
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Latest revision as of 23:19, 28 January 2022

The euro.

The Euro zone is the collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full. Sometimes written 'Eurozone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.

More formally known as the 'euro area' and more informally as 'euroland'.


The 19 countries in the euro area are:

Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.


The eight European Union (EU) countries which are not in the euro area are:

Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden.


See also


Currencies of EU countries not in the euro area