Commission President Jacques Santer hit out at critics of the single currency yesterday (10 September)…

Date: 11/09/1997

...accusing them of sowing “a constant diatribe of doubt”. He branded their behaviour as “superfluous and irresponsible”, and insisted: “I am confident we have reached an irreversible point on the road towards introduction of the euro on 1 January 1999.” The Commission's legal service has advised that any delay would not be juridically tenable.