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Date: 30/09/1999
- “There are signs of higher economic acitivity but, as I see it, it is still premature to start drawing definitive conclusions - We cannot ring the bells.” European Central Bank board member Eugenio Domingo insisting it was too early to draw conclusions from the signs of recovery in the euro-zone economies.
- “There is nothing inevitable about Britain's entry into the euro. But if we stick with the facts and have confidence in our arguments, the case will be unstoppable.” Former British Labour cabinet minister Peter Mandelson arguing that the British public could be won over to the euro if the government put the case confidently and effectively
- “It is our estimation that the patient could be dead before the medicine has the hoped-for effect.” A Finnish official warning of the consequences if EU governments fail to reach agreement soon on rail freight liberalisation
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