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Official Name - European Monetary Union
Member countries - Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Netherlands, Greece, Austria and Slovenia. (Malta and Cyprus join on January 1, 2008)
Population - 308.7 million (2004, excludes Slovenia)
GDP per capita - $25,400 (2006 forecast, excludes Slovenia)
Currency - euro (€)
Central bank - European Central Bank
President, ECB - Jean Claude Trichet
Source - Europe in Figures, Eurostat yearbook 2005
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