When the Euro was first launched in 1999, Tony Blair served as the British Prime Minster (he ran from 1997 to 2007). While it was not his decision alone not to use the Euro and instead keep the Great British Pound as the national currency, he did have a lot of influence in the decision.…
The Euro was officially introduced in 1999, but it had been a long time in the making before it finally came into fruition. It had been a goal of the European Union and its predecessors to launch the Euro since the 1960s, but due to tough negotiations and opposition from some member states, it took…
Out of the 28-member countries of the European Union, 19 of them use the Euro as their currency tender. The group of countries that use the Euro are known as the Eurozone or Euro area and consists of approximately 343 million people within these Euro-using countries. The Euro is also the second most-used currency worldwide,…