61.  Economies need to be managed, and economies tied together by a common currency also need a common fiscal policy.

62.  Economists and analysts said investors are concerned about the structure of the European monetary system and the stability of the new common currency.

63.  Economists said the fines are crucial to the stability of the European Union common currency.

64.  Economists said the commission deficit forecasts for France and Germany, the driving forces behind the common currency plan, were optimistic.

65.  Either the deadline for initiating a common currency will slip, presenting the Germans and the whole integration process with a damaging setback.

66.  Europe has taken the lead, driven by its common currency, the euro.

67.  European leaders hope to give a push to monetary union this week by nailing down an agreement to prevent reckless government spending that could undermine a planned common currency.

68.  European Union finance officials moved closer to accepting the Italian lira back into the exchange-rate grid designed to pave the way to a common European currency.

69.  Even as Germany was coming to grips with reunification, Koehler was negotiating over plans for a common European currency.

70.  Europe can only forge a common currency if France takes part from the start, Bundesbank council member Edgar Meister said.