<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia" id="mwA34" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> officially adopts the Euro, becoming the 20th Eurozone country, and becomes the 27th member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area" id="mwA38" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Schengen Area">Schengen Area</a>.<sup about="#mwt565" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-111"}}' id="cite_ref-111" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-111" id="mwA4A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 111;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwA4E">[111]</span></a></sup>
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