In May 1998 an EU summit meeting in Brussels confirmed that 11 of the then 15 EU Member States – Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland – had met the criteria for the adoption of the single currency.
I mí na Bealtaine 1998 dheimhnigh cruinniú mullaigh den AE sa Bhruiséal go raibh na critéir comhlíonta ag 11 as na 15 ballstát den AEa bhí an na gan am – an Bheilg, an Ghearmáin, an Spáinn, an Fhrainc, Éire, an Iodáil, Lucsamburg, an Ísiltír, an Ostair, an Phortaingéil, agus an Fhionlainn.