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发帖数: 3784 | 1 Monday, 1 January, 2001, 09:02 GMT
Greece has become the twelfth country to join the European single currency,
ditching its own currency, the drachma.
The Greek Finance Minister, Ioannis Papandoniou, described it has an
historic day that would place Greece firmly at the heart of Europe.
But the president of the European Central Bank, Wim Duisenberg, warned that
Greece still had a lot of work to do to improve its economy and bring
inflation under control.
In 1999, Greece was left out of the eurozone for failing to meet the EU's
economic criteria.
To qualify for euro membership, the Greek Government had to adopt a tough
austerity programme, making deep cuts in public spending.
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