EMU and the Forest Sector Available to Purchase

Preparations for the European Monetary Union, EMU, and the single currency, EURO, are now entering the final stages. On May 1^st, the EU Ministers of Finance (the so called ECOFIN Council) meet to agree on a recommendation which countries shall be allowed to participate in EUM from the start. The EU parliament neet on May 2^nd to discuss and vote, and the final decision is taken by the European Council (the prime ministers of the 15 national states in EU) on May 3^rd.

The final stage of EMU begns on January 1^st 1999 when...