The Answer:

Austria, Belgium, Cyrpus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain are all using the euro as currency. Denmark, Great Britain, and Sweden are EU countries that are not using the euro.

EEC stands for European Economic Community. The EEC originated in 1958 and is one of three organizations that came together to become the European Community, now known as the European Union (EU).

—The Editors