VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > B. Europe, 1945–2000 > 6. Western Europe, 1945–2000 > e. The Iberian Peninsula > 1. Spain > 1999, Jan. 1
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Spain participated in the implementation of a single European currency, the euro. The ten other countries initiating the euro were France, Finland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Germany.  1
 
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Despite the release of several Basque prisoners and progressive talks with the Aznar government, the ETA announced an end to its truce of Sept. 1998, resuming its violence with bombings and assassinations.  2
 
 
 
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