71.   Britain has been traditionally wary of transferring too much power to the EU institutions, and has refused to adopt the euro, the single European currency.

72.   Britain has yet to adopt the euro.

73.   Britain, Sweden and Denmark are the only EU members not adopting the euro.

74.   Britain, the third major member, is unlikely to adopt the euro under either a Conservative or Labor administration because of voter opposition.

75.   Both Kennedy and Hughes favor Britain adopting the euro, the new European currency.

76.   Brown also reiterated that Britain would not adopt the euro unless it was approved by voters in a referendum.

77.   But a pan-European market still would have currency problems because Britain and Switzerland have not adopted the euro,

78.   By The Associated Press Eleven European nations are adopting the euro as their shared currency.

79.   Chirac has argued that France needs austerity regardless of whether it adopts the euro.

80.   Countries adopting the euro include Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain.