EURO
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In 1957 the Treaty of Rome was created. It stated that the goal was to form the European Union. The purpose was to create a close and unified union between the people. One of the ways this was done was by creating the Euro(1). June 1, 1998 the European Central Bank was created in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The purpose of the bank was to keep the price of the Euro stable (3). On January 1, 1999 the exchange rates were set for all the countries that wanted to convert to the Euro (1). The Euro went into circulation on January 1, 2002, and the currency of each country slowly went out of circulation (4).
Currently twelve member states of the European Union use the Euro. They are: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, and Finland...