Paris, 18/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The euro definitively replaced the French franc on 18 February. On Sunday evening, France's Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Lionel Jospin and Laurent Fabius, held a brief ceremony to celebrate the departure of the franc.
In a press release, the Entente souverainiste, however, states that, on "this day of sorrow for all those who are attached to the sovereignty of France", it "does not consider the franc has gone for ever", and calls on "all patriotic...