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...concerned as the next guy about the future of the European alliance, for instance, but when I read about the serious economic and political strains caused by the European Union's plan to create a unified currency, I can't help wondering whether this could soften up the franc enough for me to have a meal in Paris without refinancing my house...
...granddaughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants, referred to him on TV as a "delinquent") and illegal firing. Sarhane is asking $100,000 in damages and severance pay but says he doesn't really care about the money. "I want them convicted, even if they only have to pay one symbolic franc," says Sarhane, a muscular former karate instructor. "People have to know what they did. I don't want to leave my son an orphan in the name of national preference...
...talk about creating a U.S. of Europe, a federal superstate, but they are getting ready to take control of monetary policy and interest rates away from their sovereign nations and turn it over to a European Central Bank, starting 19 months from now. Then in 2002 the familiar mark, franc, guilder and several other currencies will disappear and will be replaced by the euro, with a small e. The idea is to curb inflation, eliminate the risks of up-and-down exchange rates and harmonize the member states' fiscal behavior. But the idea behind that is more political than economic...
...PARIS: France's highly unpopular Prime Minister Alain Juppe took the fall on Monday for President Jacques Chirac's humiliation in the first round of legislative elections. Loyally accepting the blame for two years of record unemployment, public spending cuts, wage freezes for state workers and general discontent with the government, Juppe said he will quit the premiership no matter what the outcome in next Sunday's runoff vote. It was Juppe who had persuaded Chirac to call for early elections, on the notion that their conservative coalition would fare better now than wait for next year's scheduled election...
...undated paper cites the 300,000-franc Swiss account of Hitler's tailor...