51.  Clarke and Duncan Smith are on opposite poles of the fraught argument over whether Britain should adopt the European common currency, the euro.

52.  Colony-colonizer links between countries, preferential trading arrangements, common currency and political union can increase trade.

53.  Commission finance officials said they have become increasingly aware of the need to counter the perception that the creation of a common EU currency is bad for jobs.

54.  Countries like Italy fear second-class status if they do not qualify for the common currency.

55.  Creating a common European currency would be a convenience to international businesses and would force close coordination of economic policies.

56.  Davies said the Bank of England is doing its part in the preparatory work for the common currency and ensuring that the U.K. can join if it wants to.

57.  Despite efforts to create a unified government, Bosnia remains split along ethnic lines, without a common currency or flag or a unified postal service.

58.  Despite much attention to the emergence of a single European economy with a common currency, food safety regulations are still largely left to the member states.

59.  Doubts about the common currency are not limited to Britain and Germany.

60.  Each country that joins the common currency will surrender part of its national sovereignty by turning over key economic decisions to a European Central Bank in Frankfurt.