Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

One effect could be that the huge atomic arsenal created in the cold war could be reduced significantly.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

They have it wrong in asking if Schroeder favors Britain over France, or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany. That is what we all have to understand.

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.