| Series Title | European Voice |
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| Series Details | 21/01/99, Volume 5, Number 03 |
| Publication Date | 21/01/1999 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 21/01/1999 Two hundred and thirty-two Euro MPs voted to censure the European Commission last week which, by completely irrelevant coincidence, is exactly the number of procedures which went smoothly out of 240 items on a European Central Bank checklist for the single currency launch. There were “only eight minor incidents”, according to Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a member of the ECB's executive board. However, the launch weekend did have its downside. “We have not tested our ability to take contingency measures,” said the Italian central banker during a recent trip to Brussels. Perhaps they better had. |
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| Subject Categories | Economic and Financial Affairs, Politics and International Relations |
