71.   Member states intending to join the euro have to meet stringent convergence criteria on inflation, interest rates and budget deficits.

72.   Many Conservatives have long opposed joining the euro.

73.   Moscovici on Tuesday told RTL radio that France would only decide whether or not to join the euro once it had examined its public finances.

74.   Opposition to joining the euro in the Tory party split the previous government.

75.   Other EU members, Britain, Denmark and Sweden do not want to join the euro, for the time being.

76.   Polls indicate that Labor will win national elections next spring and be in power when Britain has to decide whether to abandon the pound and join the euro.

77.   Polls indicate the Labor will win national elections next spring and be in power when Britain has to decide whether to abandon the pound and join the euro.

78.   Prime Minister Tony Blair set the government to work Tuesday to prepare to join the euro, a politically momentous step bound to face stiff opposition in Britain.

79.   Pre-election polls suggested that nearly two-thirds of Britons are against joining the euro.

80.   Q. Which countries of the European Union are joining the euro?