How to Use "Benelux" with Example Sentences

1. When the euro was planned in the 1990s many german politicians wanted a currency zone comprising only germany , the benelux countries and france .
2. After the war , the dutch economy prospered again , being a member of the benelux ( belgium , the netherlands and luxembourg ) and european economic community unions .
3. Austria and the benelux three have , to all intents and purposes , linked their currencies to the deutschmark .
4. As of today , a subgroup of the european union -- perhaps germany , the benelux countries , and austria -- come closer to satisfying the conditions favorable to a common currency than does the eu as a whole .
5. The most powerful among them need to be given a bigger say in international institutions-unless of course you think india will always be happy outside the security council and china content to have a smaller voting share than the benelux countries do at the imf .