Press Release: Lithuania to adopt euro on 1 January 2015

The Council of the European Union adopted a decision allowing Lithuania to adopt the euro as its currency at the General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on the 23 July 2014.

The decision will enlarge the euro area to 19 member states, including all three Baltic states, and give Lithuania over five months to prepare for the changeover.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/499: Lithuania: euro adoption preparations progressing well, room for further progress to protect consumers http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-499_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Eurozone countries in favour of Lithuania euro accession http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eurozone-countries-in-favour-of-lithuania-euro-accession/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/564: Accession of Lithuania to the euro area http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-564_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Lithuania to join euro area and single supervisory mechanism (SSM) on 1 January 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-lithuania-to-join-euro-area-and-single-supervisory-mechanism-ssm-on-1-january-2015/

Deutsche Welle, 23.07.14: Lithuania gets final approval to adopt euro currency http://dw.de/p/1ChGs

Verslo žinios, 24.07.14: Lithuania on track for euro club membership (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE147353-Lithuania-on-track-for-euro-club-membership

15min, 28.07.14: Lithuania's euro hysteria exasperating (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE147515-Lithuania-s-euro-hysteria-exasperating

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/2022: Fifteenth report on practical preparations for the euro: Lithuania’s preparations well on track overall http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-2022_en.htm

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