BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Wednesday that Croatia was ready to join the euro zone from 2023.
Below is a timeline of the euro zone’s expansion.
1999 – 11 countries set up the euro zone, still only in electronic form: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.
2001 – Greece joins the still electronic euro zone
2002 – Euro notes and coins come into circulation
2007 – Slovenia joins
2008 – Cyprus and Malta join
2009 – Slovakia joins
2011 – Estonia joins
2014 – Latvia joins
2015 – Lithuania joins
2023 – Croatia set to join
(Reporting by Jan Strupczewski)
