For the year 2004 the total amount spent will be up to 3.1 million Euro.

Parties could be asked to agree that annual contributions be fixed in euros and the equivalent of the euro amount be paid in any convertible currency.

According to a Spanish media, Coutinho's transfer fee may amount to 160 million euros (1 euro 1.77 Chinese yuan), being the highest paid player in the history of Barcelona and La Liga.

The new rates are effective from the school year in progress on 1 January 2005. The currency areas where increases were approved are as follows Austria (euro), Belgium (euro), Denmark (krone), France (euro), Germany (euro), Ireland (euro), Italy (euro), Japan (yen), Netherlands (euro), Spain (euro), Sweden (krona), Switzerland (Swiss franc), United Kingdom (pound sterling), United States dollar in the United States and the United States dollar outside the United States.

Euro area

A Euro Sabbatical

The Euro Ark

The Naked Euro

What Euro Crisis?

The IMF s Euro Crisis

David Cameron s Euro Nemesis

Building on the Euro

Farewell to the Euro?

Germany versus the Euro

Emerging Markets Euro Nemesis

Making the Euro Whole

Slamming the Euro Door

The Euro Grows Up

Euro for euro, dollar for dollar, yen for yen energy and carbon taxes have a lower negative impact on a nation s economy, consumption, and jobs than income tax and VAT. For example, an increase in direct taxes, such as income tax, can reduce consumption by twice as much as energy and carbon taxes that raise the same amount of revenue.

B. Introduction of the euro

A Centerless Euro Cannot Hold

Moving on From the Euro

Can the Euro Be Repaired?

Germany Must Defend the Euro

Should Germany Exit the Euro?

Euro Lessons for East Asia

Striking Euro Gold (and Silver)

The Euro American Debt Dilemma

The Euro Awaits Its Verdict

The Poetry of the Euro

The Euro on the Mend

What Can Save the Euro?

A Gravity Test for the Euro

The Perilous Politics of the Euro

Don t Lend to Your Euro Friends

Stage Three for the Euro Crisis?

Why Greece Declined a Euro Holiday

How to Resolve the Euro Crisis

An Optimistic Case for the Euro

The Euro in a Shrinking Zone

The Global Roots of Euro Jitters

The Non Crisis of the Euro

Will the Euro Dethrone the Dollar?

Annex I, table 1 euro statements

In Germany, these compensation claims amount to half of the country s entire net foreign wealth, or 500 billion ( 653 billion). Since these claims would probably be lost should the euro collapse, the political pressure to give way finally to Eurobonds is becoming overwhelming.