L 'Euro is the single currency of 13 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Slovenia. The euro zone in 2007 counted 318 million people.

The euro is the second currency in the world for number of transactions, The dollar remains the currency of international reference. In December 2006, the European currency, became the first currency in the world for the amount of banknotes in circulation. It represents 37% of foreign exchange transactions. (more...)