31.   As part of the monetary union, the EU will launch its single euro currency next year.

32.   Berlusconi will act as foreign minister for at least six months after Ruggiero resigned over the lukewarm reception given to the euro currency by some Italian ministers.

33.   Blair sends firm signal of intention to join euro currency.

34.   British retailers should embrace the new euro currency to get the full benefit from European visitors, a government minister said in an interview published Thursday.

35.   But since the trend is going in the right direction, it is unlikely Belgium would be barred from the euro single currency on that basis.

36.   Candidates battle over euro currency and jobs.

37.   Chirac also gave France a pat on the back for its smooth transition to the euro common currency and said the march toward European integration would continue.

38.   Critical of euro currency.

39.   During his campaign he has said he would renounce treaties that bind France to the community and restore the French franc at the expense of the joint euro currency.

40.   Employees at the only factory in France manufacturing the euro currency went on strike for a second day Thursday, crippling coin production.