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Greece Adopts Euro

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

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2001

Costas Simitis1 January 2001

Athens · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Greece enters the euro area under Simitis, becoming its twelfth participating state.

Names involved

Costas Simitis

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