The launch of the euro archive, January 1999
Briefly

The arrival of the euro is emblematic of Europe's 50-year drive to bury the ghost of two world wars and usher in a period of harmony and stability based on common economic interests and developing political and defence ties.
Fine words, but then project Europe has never lacked noble apologists to follow in the footsteps of Jean Monnet, the French technocrat and one-time cognac salesman who dreamed up the 1950 Schu...
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