SS Euro - sinking the unsinkable
Samizdat - the literature of dissent
2001
April 17 Finnish parliament votes on Emu
April 23 Bundestag (lower house) debates Emu
April 24 Bundesrat (upper house) debates Emu
April 29/30 European parliament debates European commission's and EMI's ratings
Late April German Association of Free Citizens may file a demand for an Emu referendum
May 2 European parliament comments on the selection of countries
May 3 EU Council (heads of government) announces participants for the first round of Emu and bilateral currency conversion rate targets. European Central Bank board is nominated
May 6 Dutch general election
May 19 Ecofin publishes currency conversion procedures
May 28 Denmark referendum on Maastricht and Amsterdam treaties
June 15/16 EU summit in Cardiff
July 1 EU presidency passes from UK to Austria. European Central Bank replaces EMI
September 27 German Bundestag election
September 30 Deadline to publish lists of securities planned for redenomination at year end
December 31 Currency conversion rates against the euro are announced
December 31 to January 4 Conversion weekend.