{"id":12345,"date":"2021-07-30T18:52:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/?p=12345"},"modified":"2021-09-20T20:14:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:14:27","slug":"eurozone-the-biggest-economic-market-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/eurozone-the-biggest-economic-market-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"EUROZONE &#8211; THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC MARKET IN EUROPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Eurozone is also known as the Euro Area. It is an economic area that includes all the countries of the European Union that have used the Euro as their national currency. The euro area is one of the largest economic regions in the world. Euro is considered one of the most liquid currencies when compared to other countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12352 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3.jpg\" alt=\"Eurozone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-24x13.jpg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-32x17.jpg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Untitled-2-01-3-48x25.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Euro Area (Eurozone)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Euro Area includes 19 EU countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Population: 345.50 million people<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Currency: Euro<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Date of establishment: 01\/01\/1999<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The currency of the Euro Area continues to evolve. Moreover, the Eurozone occupies an important place in the reserves of many central banks around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malta and Portugal are two countries in the Eurozone that investors are always looking for and heading towards this market because of favorable geographical conditions, outstanding economic development, and the policies on education and health here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12355 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580.jpeg\" alt=\"eurozone countries\" width=\"1000\" height=\"992\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-300x298.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-768x762.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-32x32.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/map-eurozone-states-using-euro-currency-grey-vector-17172580-48x48.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Benefits of settling in countries in the Eurozone<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Euro Area brings many great benefits to the member states with the developed economy and the best support policies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Convenience and reduced transaction costs<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a single currency, there are no costs associated with changing currencies between countries in the Eurozone. This will benefit investors and companies doing business in the Euro Area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best of all, sharing the Euro makes traveling to those countries more convenient and less expensive. Besides this will also help to simplify activities in life, such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study, work or live abroad. More convenient, as a citizen in Malta, investors can live and use the currency in any country in the Eurozone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12349\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579.jpeg\" alt=\"euro common currency\" width=\"960\" height=\"588\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579-768x470.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579-24x15.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579-32x20.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/111520_-44579-48x29.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Job opportunities increase<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By linking countries to form the world&#8217;s largest trading bloc, besides creating a single market for Europe, the Eurozone is successful in achieving its goal of creating many jobs for its residents. The Euro has enhanced European integration allowing those living in the Eurozone to gain from this huge market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image.jpeg\" alt=\"job market\" width=\"1021\" height=\"580\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image.jpeg 1021w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image-768x436.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image-24x14.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image-32x18.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/smiling-students-collaborate-high-school-college-feature-image-48x27.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Ensure economic stability<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Euro Area economy benefits from prudent and safe management. EU economic and financial rules, including the Stability and Growth Pact, promote economic stability and growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Euro strengthens the interests of Europe&#8217;s largest single market along with trade policy and political cooperation, thus it is an integral part of the economy, society and politics of the European Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12361 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686.jpeg\" alt=\"eurozone economy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686-24x16.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686-32x21.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/18_333_1024_Blog-1024-x686-48x32.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Programs for immigration in the Eurozone countries<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>Malta Permanent Residence Program (MPRP)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Benefits of the program<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Freedom to travel in Malta and within the Eurozone;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Freedom to use of public health services;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Children are exempted from tuition at public schools from primary to high school, enjoy the same university tuition fees as natives;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Settle in Malta for 4 generations;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Passport allows travel to 166 countries without a visa;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Requirements of Maltese immigration program:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Citizens who do not belong to the European Union or the European Economic Area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; At least 18 years old, clean judicial record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Valid passport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Have enough proof of stable income, buy health insurance for the whole family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official information about the Malta Permanent Residence Program (MPRP), investors can see more <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/residencymalta.gov.mt\/the-mprp-programme\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12367 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Malta island nation\" width=\"1000\" height=\"618\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2-768x475.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2-24x15.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2-32x20.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Gloss-Magazine-Travel-Malta-2-2-48x30.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b>Portuguese Investment Immigration Program (Golden Visa)<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Program&#8217;s benefits:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Golden Visa program, introduced by the Portuguese government, is for non-EU citizens who want to apply for a permanent residence card by investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accordingly, investors will enjoy the following benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Immigrate, live, work as well as enjoy social benefits like native citizens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Free movement within the Eurozone without a visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Preferential tax policy (no double taxation, no tax on property owned outside Portugal).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Get permanent residency for 3 generations of the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Conditions of the Golden Visa program:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Be a non-EU citizen, at the age of 18 and above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Have a clean judicial record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Have health insurance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Invest in one or more new properties worth \u20ac500,000 and maintain for 5 years, or invest in old property (over 30 years old, located in a priority area) worth \u20ac350,000 and maintained for 5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The applicant must come to Portugal for a mandatory stay of 07 days in the first year and 14 days every 2 subsequent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12364 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal.jpeg\" alt=\"Portugal\" width=\"1920\" height=\"994\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-300x155.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-1024x530.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-768x398.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-1536x795.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-24x12.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-32x17.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1241_portugal-48x25.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>CONCLUSION<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By investing in Eurozone countries, investors will receive the same benefits as European citizens with the social security support policies only for foreigners residing here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Portico &amp; Bridge is a leading European immigration consultant, with more than 35 years of experience and a team of more than 50 professionals worldwide. For more information about the programs, please contact Portico &amp; Bridge for detailed support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call us now at <strong>0909.898.758<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"http:\/\/porticoandbrigde.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PORTICO &amp; BRIDGE<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, \u201cYour Children, We Care\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurozone is also known as the Euro Area. It is an economic area that includes all the countries of the European Union that have used the Euro as their national currency. The euro area is one of the largest economic regions in the world. Euro is considered one of the most liquid currencies when &#8230; <a title=\"EUROZONE &#8211; THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC MARKET IN EUROPE\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/eurozone-the-biggest-economic-market-in-europe\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">EUROZONE &#8211; THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC MARKET IN EUROPE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":12352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu-immigration"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12371,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12345\/revisions\/12371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}