07/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Parliament's EPP-ED group, the CDU MEP Hans-Gert Pöttering, has welcomed the arrival of the euro and expects the international financial markets to pay greater attention to how the single European currency progresses. He called on the eurozone Member States to fully respect the stability criteria, adding that in a period of low growth, as at present, the euro is a welcome element for raising European competitiveness but has to be...