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European Monetary System Launch

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

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Chronological records

1979

Valery Giscard dEstang13 March 1979

Paris · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

France entered the European Monetary System, designed to stabilise exchange rates among participating Community currencies.

Names involved

Valery Giscard dEstang

Provenance

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