“The Euro”: As the Germans See It

Europe, 2000, The Road to European Union, Office of The Federal Republic of Germany, Public Relations Department, Bonn, 1991, p. 35.

Bertele Joachim , “Focus on Europe”, The German News, July-August 1994, Press and Information Office, German Embassy, New Delhi, pp. 9 and 10.

Europe 2000, op. cit., pp. 46, 47, 53.

“Conference on Economic and Monetary Union”, in Europe 2000, op. cit. p. 48.

Ibid. ,

“Convergence Criteria,” Deutschland, No. 1 February 1996, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 12, 13.

Muenster Winfried , “The Euro is Not Yet Here but is Omnipresent”. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 9.3.96, in European Monetary Union, German Viewpoints, Inter Nationes, Bonn, 1996, p. 13.

Europe Today, March 1995, Koln, p. 9.

“The Germans Distrust the Euro’s Stability,” Handelsblatt, 12.2.96, in European Monetary Union, op. cit. p. 6.

Der Euro Stark Wie Die Mark, Report of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Bonn, April 1996, p. 14.

“Monetary Union Must be Postponed”, Sueddeutsche Zeitung. op. cit.

Muenster Winfried , in European Monetary Union, op. cit.

“Monetary Union Must be Postponed”, op. cit.

“Tietmeyer Regards European Montary Union as Economically Not Absolutely Necessary,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 21.3.96, in European Monetary Union, op. cit., pp. 25, 26.

Der Euto Stark Wie Die Mark, n. 11, pp. 16, 17.

Ibid. , pp. 4, 5,

Ibid. , pp. 6, 7.

“The Euro Will be More Stable and More Widely Usable”, Deutschland, n. 7. pp. 8, 10.

Der Eum Stark wie Die Mark, op. cit. p. 9.

Ibid. , pp. 14, 15.

The term Euopean Union (EU), means that all policy decisions will have to be taken on an European basis.

Prof. W. Hankel , “European Currency Cannot Function This Way” Handelsblatt, 28.11.95. in European Monetaty Union, n. 15., pp. 35, 36.

Europe Today, n. 9. p. 8.

Ibid. , p. 9.