EMU - EMU

Japanese: EMU - イーエムユー

European Monetary Union : Economic and monetary integration of the EU (European Union). Based on the EMS (European Monetary System), it aims to achieve economic and financial integration in three stages: participation of all EU member states in the EMS, establishment of a European Central Bank, and issuance of a single currency. It was launched in 1992. The European Central Bank was established in 1998, and the single European currency, the euro, began circulation on January 1, 2002.

EMU [Economic and Monetary Union]

Economic and Monetary Union: An alliance of many countries with a shared currency and market.

EMU/emu [electromagnetic unit]

《 electromagnetic unit 》 Symbol for electromagnetic unit.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Information | Legend

Japanese:

《European Monetary Union》EU（欧州連合）の経済通貨統合。EMS（欧州通貨制度）を基盤に、EU全加盟国のEMS参加・欧州中央銀行の設立・単一通貨発行の三つの段階に分けて、経済・金融面の統合を図ろうというもの。1992年発足。1998年に欧州中央銀行が設立され、2002年1月1日から欧州単一通貨ユーロの流通がスタートした。