Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze

Joint op-ed by Eurogroup members – Reflections on 20 years of the euro

Twenty years ago tomorrow, around 300 million Europeans held a brand new currency in their hands, the euro. From Lisbon to Helsinki to Athens, citizens were able to withdraw euro banknotes in their local ATMs, buy their groceries with euro coins and travel abroad without exchanging currency. ...Read all novelty