Press conference held by Dominique Strauss-Kahn on the introduction of the euro (Brussels, 31 December 1998)
Video On 31 December 1998, at a press conference held in Brussels at the end of the Ecofin Council which established the irrevocable conversion rates for the euro, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, outlines the need for a degree of precision to five decimal places in the conversion rates.
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Source: Troisième phase de l'Union économique et monétaire- Bruxelles: Commission européenne [Prod.], 31.12.1998. DG Press & Communication, Commission européenne, Bruxelles. - VIDEO (00:01:43, Couleur, Son original).
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