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The euro is the official currency for more than 315 million people in 15 EU countries.

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Travel between countries using the euro is now much easier because the cost and inconvenience

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of changing money has disappeared.

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Using the euro also means that you can compare prices directly in all the countries that

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use it.

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Thanks to EU rules, withdrawing euros from a cash dispenser or paying with a credit card

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won't cost you any more in other EU countries than it will in your own.