Shift to the Euro as the Unit of Account
Upon adopting the euro in 1999, member countries like Spain and Germany simultaneously changed their unit of account from their national currencies (the peseta and Deutsche Mark, respectively) to the euro. Consequently, all prices and economic values within these nations began to be denominated in the shared currency.
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