Hey Van, the last I heard you were moving to Romania. As of July 2015 Romania was indeed a member of both the European Union and the European Economic Area. All countries in the Union except 2 and Romania is not one of them must eventually adopt the euro once they meet the qualifying criteria. Romania has not yet adopted the euro. I hope that it has plenty of gold in it's vaults and a strong central bank . The political and economic instability of that region cannot be ignored and Trump if elected makes good on his plan to require European allies including Romania spend much more on their own defense the place may not be quite the utopia you think it is.