im going to europe but am confused. Can i use British Euros in any EU member nation???

Answer 1

Most have converted to the Euro. There are places like Britain use the Pound, but, they may recognize the Euro, I not sure. Poland still uses the Zloty. There the Swiss Franc also. I would take a VISA Card or MasterCard and then if you want, have some Euros for small purchases. My VISA Card works great and they do the Money Conversions free!! Not have to pay a Bank to buy Euros.

Answer 2

British use the pound. Few places there will take the euro.

Countries that use the euro are:
Germany
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Finland
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgium
France
Austria
Greece
Ireland
Slovenia

The new EU states will begin using the euro as their economies are ready. Slovenia began using the euro this year.

Vatican City, Andorra, San Marino and Monaco use the euro, but are not EU nations and don't have a vote at the European Central Bank.

Kosovo and Montenegro use the euro because they don't want to use the Serbian currency. (Kosovo is still offically part of Serbia and Montenegro was until recently.)

My experience is that tourist areas and major cities in Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Czech, Sweden and Slovakia will accept the euro. In some (such as Croatia), you will get a better price than using the local currency. I imagine that's also true in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprus and Malta, which are among the new EU nations. I don't know about Romania and Bulgaria, which joined the EU on January 1 this year.

Answer 3

Actually, the official currency for Great Britain is still the pound. :) I travel very frequently through England, and even in the airports, I have to change my Euros or dollars into pounds at horrid exchange rates. However, you can use Euros anywhere in these following countries:
Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Finland
France
French Guiana
Germany
Guadaloupe
Italy
Luxembourg
Martinique
Monaco
Mayotte
Netherlands
Portugal
San Marino
Spain
Vatican City
Also, a new addition to that list is Slovenia, which became a member of the EU in 2004. For the first two weeks of 2007, you can use both the current currency and Euros--everything will have to be switched over by January 14th, though.

Answer 4

Number one Britian does not have the euro it is called the pound. All the other countries in the EU except the countries which have recently entered use the Euro. It is advisable to use the Euro

Answer 5

There has been speculation about the UK leaving the EU because the way the EU is heading is towards deeper integration and the UK is one of the countries that has a foot in sovereignty and a foot in the EU. Ireland on paper is deeply entrenched within the EU and millions if not billions have been invested in Ireland by the EU to put in place some of the most basic infrastructure such as roads (if you can recall the blue EU signs that built them, there's still one from Riverstick to Belgooley Co Cork) and Ireland are supposedly EU compliant on paper, but not in practice such as various directives from the EU on various things that Ireland is and has and always will be fined for, for not implementing them for various reasons. When you see stories about the failure of the PPP roads as highlighted last week and see what is the past that it was all once upon a time ago funded by the EU member states (which saved the Irish taxpayer) one would wonder if Ireland as a nation on its own could survive. Most likely not, it would always have to have another country to be its crutch because Ireland has never been its own country. The entire system politically and socially was inherited, when the Republic was founded they didn't do the important thing which was start a country from scratch. Lord Mayors are still for the large part elected in the same manner as which they were in the 19th century (read up in your local library section) and we have the problem that what was set up then was never abolished (the Seanad) when it was past its use and original purpose. Ireland really didn't have much of a chance with being a nation in its own right in being independent because as soon as the former masters to the slaves of Ireland, if you like to describe it for the purpose of this, were sent out the door, the same system remained and then took on a new master in the EU which crippled any right to independence because someone out there was too afraid of standing alone. Ireland is an island nation that has a lot to offer, its politically neutral so there's no such thing as a political enemy as such, with long standing ties with many countries and a keen eye to forge new relationships on different levels (GMIT were one of the first colleges to invite Asian students long before the trend happened to have Ireland be a magnet for high education) and probably would do better to stand alone without the UK, however more countries on either side of prosperity would be seeking to create blocs and forge alliances to burden share as the shift of economic power and wealth continues to shift, so it might not be a recommended idea for Ireland to leave with the UK or to stand alone, but to see what way the EU melts in the political squabbling while the EU economy suffers for their stupidity, and see if that ever breaks up and work from there (further integration and the access of accession countries to freedom of movement might be an issue in time) and form new alliances in the wake of the fallout or all cling together under the experiment and see where deeper integration takes us all.

Answer 6

British Euros don't exist. In Great Britain they use the pound. You need Euros for France, Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, Ireland, Finland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, The Netherlands, Austria ...

Answer 7

Britain does NOT use the Euro - you will need to get some British Pounds for Britain - most other European countries use the Euro (except for Switzerland, Denmark and a few others). Best thing is to use your ATM card and have the bank automatically figure out conversion rate.

Answer 8

Great Britain or England is member of the European Comunity but NOT of the Euro-Group. They use the English pound but Euros are welcomed to most shops. of course in the rest 12 European countries they use the euro you can use it .

Answer 9

As far as I know, UK has no Euros, they still have Pounds.
However, You can use Euros almost in every continental EU country .
I hope that help.

Answer 10

UK is not in the EU. You can use Euro in every country in the EU.
I send you the link.
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