Can anyone tell me which countries' currencies are already officially part of the Euro? I know all the details about the Euro, just not which countries are involved. Thanks.

Germany France Italy Finland <BR>The Netherlands Portugal Spain Ireland <BR>Luxembourg Belgium Austria Greece <BR> <BR>twenj

There are 15 countries in the EU and <BR>12 are taking part in the EURO <BR>Germany <BR>France <BR>Italie <BR>Spain <BR>Netherlands <BR>Belgium <BR>Luxemburg <BR>Irland <BR>Portugal <BR>Greece <BR>Finland <BR>and Austria <BR>

Charter Members <BR> <BR>Germany <BR>France <BR>Italy <BR>Finland <BR>The Netherlands <BR>Portugal <BR>Spain <BR>Ireland <BR>Luxembourg <BR>Belgium <BR>Austria <BR> <BR>Joined Later <BR> <BR>Greece <BR> <BR>missing? Great Britain, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway ... and eastern Europe. <BR> <BR>Great Britain, Sweden and Denmark will surely participate … some day. Norway and Switzerland will have to resolve EU (European Union) membership issues before considering EMU (European Money Union) participation. Some eastern bloc countries will join the EU and euro zone in the future. <BR> <BR>Courtesy of http://www.twenj.com/euro.htm <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex <BR>

Interesting side note. We will be visiting Slovenia next summer, and one of the hotel confirmations which are quoted only in Euros mentioned that they will accept Euros for payment.<BR>Not sure how the rest of the country will treat Euros. Makes me wonder if Euros might start being accepted in some of those smaller countries, just like some places always would accept US dollars. Of course, the conversion rate or fee might be interesting.<BR>

Finally, the euro! The rest of the world was tired of getting ripped off from the currency conversion fees whenever you moved from one postage stamp sized country to the next. <BR><BR>When are the Brits going to get on board? They've really lost their leadership position in Europe with their delays.

WHAT leadership position????

XXX, haven't you heard of a man called Admiral Nelson?

In London early in October there was a large demonstration at Parliment against the Euro with signs saying that it would be the end of England!

Also remember that several Eastern European countries (Estonia comes to mind, maybe Czech and/or Hungary as well) tie their currencies to the DM, which effectively means the Euro, although it is not their national currency.

Other than Estonia, I don't think any E Eur currency is tied to the DM -- the CK and Hungarian florint float against a combination of the DM and USD.

When is the dollar going to unite with the peso?<BR>Do you think it's worth it to save on the conversion fees?<BR>There's a bit more involved than that!