31.   He said the EU governments have set four economic criteria, including low inflation and public debt levels, on which the introduction of such a currency hinges.

32.   He said there was a nearly unanimous agreement not to change the strict economic criteria that countries must meet before they can join a single currency.

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

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

35.   He said Waigel spoke out of turn this week when he suggested Italy would not meet the economic criteria to join the as yet unnamed EU currency.

36.   In his speech Sunday, Brown reasserted the importance of the economic criteria being met.

37.   In many countries, that would constitute a recession, but Germany adds a couple more economic criteria to reach that conclusion.

38.   In a treaty signed five years ago in Maastricht, Netherlands, European nations set out strict economic criteria for joining in the single currency.

39.   Nations hoping to join must meet five economic criteria - low inflation and deficits, falling debt, stable currency, modest interest rates.

40.   Only a minority of EU countries, possibly including Britain, are likely to meet German-dictated economic criteria for adopting the currency.