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| The collective name for the 19 countries adopting European Monetary Union (EMU) in full.
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| Sometimes written 'Euro zone', 'eurozone' or 'Euro-zone'.
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| More formally known as the 'euro area' and more informally as 'euroland'.
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| The 19 countries in the euro area are:
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| Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
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| The nine European Union (EU) countries which are not in the euro area are:
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| Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom (UK).
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| ====Brexit====
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| 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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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Bank supervision]] | | * [[Competition Commission]] |
| * [[Brexit]]
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| * [[Central bank]]
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| * [[ESCB]]
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| * [[Euro Stoxx 50]]
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| * [[Eurobond]]
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| * [[European Central Bank]]
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| * [[European Financial Stability Facility]]
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| * [[European Monetary Union]]
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| * [[European Union]]
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| * [[Eurosystem]]
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| * [[Grexit]]
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| ==== Currencies of EU countries not in the euro area ====
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| * [[BGN]]
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| * [[HRK]]
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| * [[CZK]]
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| * [[DKK]]
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| * [[HUF]]
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| * [[PLN]]
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| * [[RON]]
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| * [[SEK]]
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| * [[GBP]]
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