Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Euro Convergence Criteria" produced 29 items.
| 1. Eurozone inflation rises | January 31, 2011 |
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Rate at its highest for more than two years. Inflation in the eurozone increased in January, rising further above the European Central Bank's (ECB) target. | |
| 2. Inflation at two-year high | January 4, 2011 |
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Eurozone inflation rises above central bank's target. Annual inflation in the eurozone rose in December and is now above the European Central Bank's 2% target for the first... | |
| 3. Czech deficit irks Almunia | May 16, 2007 |
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The Czech government is facing renewed criticism from the European Commission for failing to get its public deficit below the requirements of the EU Treaty. Joaquín... | |
| 4. Inflation criterion there for a reason | June 22, 2006 |
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In response to Dariusz Rosati ('Commission erring on Lithuania', 15-21 June), the concept of "price stability" indeed appears in the Maastricht treaty in two different... | |
| 5. Budget chief demands end to euro-entry dogma | May 18, 2006 |
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Budget Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaiteúand other Commissioners from new member states made a last-ditch plea for a more flexible interpretation of the qualifying criteria... | |
| 6. Lithuania - kept out of euro on a technicality | May 11, 2006 |
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On 16 May the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) will meet to consider the applications of Slovenia and Lithuania to join the Eurozone on 1 January 2007.... | |
| 7. The euro and the ten new member states: a matter of fine judgement | April 29, 2004 |
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IN ALL of the talk and analysis about the impact of enlargement on the existing EU, not much has been made of the apparent resizing of the economic and monetary union (EMU).... | |
| 8. Estonia bullish about swift adoption of single currency | April 1, 2004 |
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TAAVI Veskimägi, Estonia's finance minister, says his country is keen to join the single currency and will be “technically ready” to join the eurozone's ranks in... | |
| 9. Economic vandalism of the 'big four' makes new fiscal framework essential | December 11, 2003 |
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BY REFUSING to enforce fines against France and Germany for persistent breaches of its fiscal rules, the large countries of the EU not only killed off the Stability and... | |
| 10. Stability pact decision threatens eurozone expansion, says Solbes | December 4, 2003 |
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PEDRO Solbes, the commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, told MEPs that finance ministers' controversial decision to effectively freeze the Union's Stability and... | |
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PEDRO Solbes, the commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, told MEPs that finance ministers' controversial decision to effectively freeze the Union's Stability and... | |
| 12. Why early expansion of eurozone is in everybody's best interest | October 3, 2002 |
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ONE of the obligations for candidate countries after becoming an EU member is to join the eurozone. However, there is no timetable for this passage to the euro. The EU... | |
| 13. Three cheers for gut instinct | March 26, 1998 |
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THE high degree of flexibility on display in this week's reports from the European Commission and the EU's fledgling central bank offer more than a glimmer of hope about... | |
| 14. DIFFERENT VOICES | January 15, 1998 |
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"As my mother always told me, look at your own plate and finish it first. Then we'll talk about other plates." German Chancellor Helmut Kohl insisting it was foolish to... | |
| 15. Unions slam ‘weak' jobs clause | May 8, 1997 |
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EUROPEAN trade unions have issued a stark warning that without significant changes, the proposed ‘employment chapter' of the revised Maastricht Treaty will be strong on... | |
| 16. Four to meet Maastricht criteria by end of 1996 | October 31, 1996 |
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EU GOVERNMENTS were right to abandon the Maastricht Treaty's original idea of forming a monetary union in January 1997. The European Commission's annual report on... | |
| 17. Italian budget pulls out all the stops | October 17, 1996 |
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THE Finnish markka was always expected to win the race forthe Exchange Rate Mechanism finishing line, with the Italian lira trailing in its wake. But given the surprisingly... | |
| 18. Black economy could rescue project | September 5, 1996 |
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THE mounting pressure to cut public spending ahead of the start-up date for monetary union, combined with the European economy's apparent failure to deliver the hoped-for... | |
| 19. DIFFERENT VOICES | July 13, 1996 |
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“We are coming to the hour of truth ... We are going as far as the limit of our possible tolerance and all member states' tolerance.”Commission President Jacques Santer... | |
| 20. Social security deficit set-back to EMU plan | July 13, 1996 |
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THE French government's hopes of bringing its budget deficit down to the Maastricht threshold of 3% in 1997 suffered another set-back this week, with the publication of a... | |
