21.   Blair has said repeatedly that five economic criteria must be met before Britain enters the single currency, which its continental neighbors adopted in January.

22.   Britain, Denmark and Sweden chose not to take part, while Greece did not meet the necessary economic criteria to be included.

23.   Bulgaria needed to continue reforms while Romania did not yet meet the economic criteria.

24.   Britain, Denmark and Sweden opted out of the euro, and Greece failed to meet the required economic criteria.

25.   But local investors worried stringent economic restructuring criteria would produce more corporate collapses.

26.   Entry into the single currency was supposed to be determined by strict economic criteria.

27.   Greece does not meet the economic criteria.

28.   Greece was excluded because it did not meet the necessary economic criteria.

29.   He said if countries had to fill certain economic criteria, it would be easier to see when they were getting out of line.

30.   He said that although Russia has met economic criteria set by the IMF, the Russian Parliament has failed to adopt two key pieces of legislation.