41.   Waigel himself sought to calm the storm Friday by saying that any country could qualify if it met the convergence criteria.

42.   Twelve countries have qualified for the finals.

43.   Waigel sought to calm the storm on Friday, saying any country could qualify if it met the convergence criteria.

44.   Last time, two countries qualified by right from one group, with the second-placed team in the other having a play-off against the Oceania winners.

45.   Not all European Union countries will qualify for the future single European currency, one of the participants in the EU summit here said Saturday.

46.   State creditors, grouped in the Club of Paris, have yet to agree on which countries will qualify.

47.   The decision on which countries qualify will be taken after political discussion by ministers of all arguments put forward on the basis of data for this year.

48.   The current ceiling set out in the Maastricht treaty for countries to qualify for joining the planned single European currency is three percent.