Editing Euro (section)

===Currency sign===
{{Main|Euro sign}}
[[File:Euro Construction.svg|thumb|right|Graphic construction of the euro logo]]

A special [[euro sign|euro currency sign]] (€) was designed after a public survey had narrowed ten of the original thirty proposals down to two. The [[President of the European Commission]] at the time ([[Jacques Santer]]) and the European Commissioner with responsibility for the euro ([[Yves-Thibault de Silguy]]) then chose the winning design.<ref>{{cite web |title=The euro, our currency {{!}} A symbol for the European currency |date=18 March 2009  |access-date=8 April 2023 |publisher=European Commission |url=https://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/events/2009/theeuro/isola3_en2008-2009.pdf}}</ref>

Regarding the symbol, the [[European Commission]] stated on behalf of the [[European Union]]:

{{blockquote|The symbol € is based on the Greek letter epsilon (Є), with the first letter in the word "Europe" and with 2 parallel lines signifying stability.|source=[[Directorate-General for Communication]]<ref name="design, rules">{{cite web |title=Institutions, law, budget {{!}} The Euro {{!}} Design |author=Directorate-General for Communication |publisher=European Union |access-date=8 April 2022 |url= https://european-union.europa.eu/institutions-law-budget/euro/design_en}}</ref>}}

The European Commission also specified a euro logo with exact proportions.<ref name="design, rules" /> Placement of the currency sign relative to the numeric amount varies from state to state, but for texts in English published by EU institutions, the symbol (or the [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]-standard "EUR") should precede the amount.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-370303.htm#position|title=Position of the ISO code or euro sign in amounts|date=5 February 2009|work=Interinstitutional style guide|publisher=Europa Publications Office|access-date=10 January 2010|location=Bruxelles, Belgium}}</ref>