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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7796

11 September 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Discussing practical introduction of single currency, Fifteen rule out subsidies to banks for exchange operations and early note issue

Versailles, 11/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The informal Ecofin Council held on Saturday in Versailles, mainly focused on the oil question (see preceding pages), still dealt at length with the practical preparation for single currency. "In less than 500 days, we shall have euros in our pockets", recalled Laurent Fabius, who explained that all those taking part at the meeting - from ministers to central bank governors and also European Commission President Prodi and Commissioner Solbes - shared...

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