A new 2 euro coin will be put into circulation on the occasion of the French presidency of the European Union from 1 January 2022, with an engraved oak and an olive tree, the Secretary of State for European Affairs said on Thursday. Clement Beaune.
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"This 2 euro coin is important, first of all because it is the first time since the entry into service in the portfolios of the French and Europeans of euro coins", at the
beginning of 2002,
"that in France we are changing the design of this room ”
, declared Mr. Beaune at the opening of Emmanuel Macron's press conference.
Anniversary coin
And
"this consists in marking the anniversary of the single currency: 2022 will also be the 20 years of the Euro"
and
"the French as well as the Europeans are very attached to it, even more than ever"
, he continued in showing the coin.
The Europeans
"support the single currency, make it an element of stability, protection and attractiveness of our economies which also protected us during the crisis"
, insisted the Secretary of State.
The symbol of the oak and the olive tree, representing
"strength and wisdom"
, was designed by the general engraver of the Monnaie de Paris, in
"continuity with the coins we have, but also an ecological modernization"
, according to Mr. Beaune.
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The French presidency of the EU will also be endowed with an emblem: the initials of the EU dressed in the colors of France and the European stars, with an
"arrow which consists of moving forward in the face of the temptations of withdrawal and sometimes renunciation ”.
