2002 Event

Unilateral euro adoption

Name: Unilateral euro adoption
Start: 2002

Without being in the euro area, the country makes the euro its official currency.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 2002 — the context national timelines leave out.

2 years later The big bang enlargement
3 years earlier NATO intervention Kosovo
4 years earlier Good Friday Agreement Ireland
4 years later Independence referendum Montenegro
6 years later Declaration of independence Kosovo
7 years earlier Dayton Accords Bosnia and Herzegovina
9 years earlier Democratic constitution of Andorra Andorra
10 years earlier Maastricht Treaty

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

European integration 1950 – 2030 From coal and steel to a Union of twenty-seven.

Countries involved

Montenegro

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What was written of it

Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.

Déclaration du 9 mai 1950 1950

Schuman Declaration, Salon de l’Horloge, Paris