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In 1971, US President Richard Nixon removed the gold backing from the US dollar, causing a collapse in the Bretton Woods system that managed to affect all of the world's major currencies. The widespread currency floats and devaluations set back aspirations for EMU. [4]
After a decade of preparations, the euro was launched on 1 January 1999: for the first three years it was an ‘invisible’ currency, only used for accounting purposes and electronic payments. Coins and banknotes were launched on 1 January 2002, and in 12 EU countries the biggest cash changeover in history took place.
10 paź 2024 · The euro arose from the 1991 Maastricht Treaty, in which the 12 original member countries of the European Community (now the European Union) created an economic and monetary union and a corresponding common unit of exchange. The new currency, the euro, was officially issued on January 1, 1999. Although its use was initially limited to financial ...
In 1999 the Euro was launched as a monetary unit of account and in 2002 currency money (tangible coins) was introduced, the result of a direct decision-making process and preparation of more than thir-ty years. The first phase in the creation of a European Eco-nomic Monetary System was an arrangement established in 1979 where most nations of the
The euro was launched on 1 January 1999, when it became the currency of more than 300 million people in Europe. For the first three years it was an invisible currency, only used for accounting purposes, e.g. in electronic payments.
The euro is the second-most widely held reserve currency after the U.S. dollar. After its introduction on 4 January 1999 its exchange rate against the other major currencies fell reaching its lowest exchange rates in 2000 (3 May vs sterling, 25 October vs the U.S. dollar, 26 October vs Japanese yen).
Po dziesięciu latach przygotowań 1 stycznia 1999 r. euro weszło w życie. Przez pierwsze trzy lata było „niewidzialną” walutą, stosowaną wyłącznie do celów rachunkowości oraz płatności elektronicznych.
