The Euro is the official currency of 16 of the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU).
The European Union is composed of 27 sovereign Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
The European Monetary union is comprised of 16 of the 27 memberstates of the Euopean Union. Every member of the European Monetary Union has the euro as its currency.
these countries are:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
all other countries in the european union still have their own currency! The United Kingdom for example has the Pound and Sweden has the Swedish Krönar.
the 8 countries remaining are obliged to join in due time. only sweden has the option to opt out of the euro.
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.
Most of the west european countries exclude UK .