1.   And non-European Union countries Switzerland and Norway, and all of eastern Europe will not use the euro.

2.   As Denmark does not use the euro, it will not preside over meetings on financial policy, either.

3.   Britain, alas, will not use the euro, at least at the start.

4.   Britain is among four European Union nations that will not use the euro when the new currency is introduced in six weeks.

5.   Finance ministers in countries using the euro will have the final say on levying fines, leaving open the possibility that they may ignore the guidelines agreed today.

6.   How do you convince a reluctant public to give up their cherished national currency and use a euro?

7.   Just how fast Europeans begin using euros depends in part on how soon their employers begin doing so.

8.   They have each asked if they can use the euro.

9.   Three-quarters of the steel Corus makes in Britain is sold in the countries that use the euro.

10.   To qualify for admission to the European monetary club, and thus become eligible to use the euro, Italy had to cut its budget deficit sharply.