All European Union Member States are part of the Economic and Monetary Union and as part of this union, these countries coordinate their economic policy-making in order to support and comply with EU aims. In doing so, more than half of the Member States have now replaced their national currency...

Since the launch of the euro in 2002, the number of countries using the common currency has increased to 19 Member States, with the euro area now made up of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,...

This survey is the 18th in a series which began in 2004 and has helped the European Commission to track opinion, levels of knowledge and familiarity with the single currency among citizens regarding the future introduction of the common currency. The report looks at: - levels of knowledge about...

The euro area consists of those Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro as their common currency and sole legal tender. The euro was introduced to world financial markets as an accounting currency on 1 January 1999. Aſter a transitional period of three years...

After a continued rebound in 2022, the euro-area economy witnessed a strong deceleration this year. In 2022, the growth boost resulting from the post-COVID reopening of the economy, together with policy support, led to a solid 3.4% economic expansion. Despite the rapid rise in energy prices in...

The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is the framework of economic policies covering the European Union (EU) - including both euro area and non-euro area countries. The principal long-term aim of the EMU is the economic convergence for the EU over three successive stages. Once a country reaches...

The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is the framework of economic policies covering the European Union (EU) - including both euro area and non-euro area countries. The principal long-term aim of the EMU is the economic convergence for the EU over three successive stages. Once a country reaches...

This survey was carried out by TNS political & social network in the 19 Member States of the euro area between the 12th and the 14th of October 2015. Some 17,526 respondents from different social and demographic groups were interviewed via telephone (landline and mobile phone) in their mother...