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Euro Name Agreement

France · Government / European Economic Community (EEC). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1995

Jacques Chirac16 December 1995

Madrid · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Chirac joined European leaders in adopting the name euro for the future single currency.

Names involved

Jacques Chirac

Provenance

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