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{{legend|#0080C0|[[European Union|EU]] Eurozone (20)}}
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The '''Eurozone''' (also called '''Euro area''' or '''Euroland''') is the set of countries in the [[European Union]] which have adopted the [[Euro]] (€) currency. The [[European Central Bank]] is responsible for managing the supply of money within the eurozone and political decisions are taken by the "euro group", which is a meeting of the politicians from each euro country in charge of that country's [[economy]].

EU members that are not part of the Eurozone are [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Poland]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], [[Bulgaria]], and [[Romania]].

== Official members ==
There are 20 members in the Eurozone 

Made the area on 1 January 1999<br/>
1 [[Austria]]<br/>
2 [[Belgium]]<br/>
3 [[Finland]]<br/>
4 [[France]]<br/>
5 [[Germany]]<br/>
6 [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]<br/>
7 [[Italy]]<br/>
8 [[Luxembourg]]<br/>
9 [[Netherlands]]<br/>
10 [[Portugal]]<br/>
11 [[Spain]]

Joined on 1 January 2001<br/>
12 [[Greece]]

Joined on 1 January 2006<br/>
13 [[Slovenia]]

Joined on 1 January 2008<br/>
14 [[Cyprus]]<br/>
15 [[Malta]]

Joined on 1 January 2009<br/>
16 [[Slovakia]]

Joined on 1 January 2011<br/>
17 [[Estonia]]

Joined on 1 January 2014<br/>
18 [[Latvia]]

Joined on 1 January 2015<br/>
19 [[Lithuania]]

Joined on 1 January 2023<br/>
20 [[Croatia]]

There are other countries outside the European Union which use the euro as well, but these are not officially in the eurozone.

== Other websites ==
* [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Eurozone Eurozone] -Citizendium

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