5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EURO : COMMISSION COMBATS PRE-CONCEIVED IDEAS.

With Slovenia officially celebrating the permanent disappearance of its national currency (the tolar) to be replaced by the euro on 15 January, the Commission has taken advantage of the fifth anniversary of the adoption of euro notes to publish a specific communication on the subject accompanied by thirty pages on annexes on 28 December (see our series of articles on the fifth anniversary of the euro in Europolitics 3212, 3213 and 3214). The publication of this communication has been widely covered by the media. "The euro has brought us many advantages: the most...