11.   Sixteen months ago, when the euro was introduced, the European travel industry feared the new currency might be so strong it would frighten visitors away.

12.   Speculation over where short-term rates will be when the euro is introduced has intensified in recent months, with just six months until the founder members are selected.

13.   Speculation over where short-term rates will be when the euro is introduced has intensified with just six months before the first members are selected.

14.   Speculation over where short-term rates will be when the euro is introduced has intensified with just six months until the first members are selected.

15.   Speculation over where short-term rates will be when the euro is introduced has intensified just six months before the first members are selected.

16.   The slowdown in growth has come at a crucial stage for plans to introduce the euro.

17.   To be sure, if the rules to enter the union are loosened and a weak euro is introduced, that would weigh on the mark.

18.   When the euro was introduced, there were widespread predictions it would be a strong currency, continuing the historic role of the German mark.

19.   Yet just as the euro is being introduced, the idea of Europe may have lost its galvanizing appeal.

20.   Another plaintiff, law professor Karl-Albrecht Schachtschneider, told a German newspaper the euro was being introduced undemocratically.