1.   Although he thinks his own arrangements for conducting monetary policy take some beating, he is willing to recognize that over the long term euro membership could bring benefits.

2.   Further fanning the debate, Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged that there are some economic benefits from euro membership.

3.   Initially at least, the devaluation has put Greece, if anything, further away from the fiscal goals set for euro membership.

4.   Roughly two-thirds of Britons say in opinion surveys that they do not approve, but an equal number also say that euro membership is probably inevitable.

5.   The government has published five vaguely defined criteria for judging whether euro membership would be advantageous.

6.   Businesses, particularly those with trade and investment in continental Europe, have been among the biggest advocates of euro membership.

7.   British companies, particularly those with trade and investment in continental Europe, have been among the biggest advocates of euro membership.

8.   He argued that the tests would be important to any campaign to promote euro membership.

9.   While the Liberal Democrats have long advocated euro membership, the main opposition Conservative Party is opposed.

10.   Governments have been forced by the conditions of euro membership to adopt converging economic policies, reducing spending and cutting public deficits.