1.  Germans are demanding strict fiscal discipline to ensure a common currency as solid as the deutsche mark.

2.  On television shows popular with the urban middle class he has pledged to make fighting inflation, containing government budget deficits and maintaining a solid currency his primary concerns.

3.  The Bundesbank stepped up the pressure on European governments to cut their debts in order to forge a common currency as solid as the deutsche mark.

4.  A delay would drive up the value of the mark because financial markets would seek refuge in the solid German currency, Kohl said.

5.  Some say the real forces uniting Europe are the challenge of the global economy and agreements on fiscal discipline aimed at keeping the euro a solid currency.