11/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Speaking shortly after having his mandate as Chancellor renewed, Gordon Brown warned that there would be no speeding up in the process of his country's joining the Euro. According to the Sunday Times, he has encouraged the new Foreign Office Minister, Jack Straw, to adopt a "more pragmatic and less ideological approach" than his predecessor, Robin Cook. According to sources from the Foreign Office, the British Treasury assessment of preparations of the United...