I januar sagde jeg her i Europa-Parlamentet, at indførelsen af euroen efter den tyske regerings opfattelse er logisk forbundet med yderligere skridt til at fuldende integrationen, og at Tyskland vil gøre en stærk indsats for at realisere den.
In January, I declared here in the European Parliament that the Federal Government considered the rationale behind the introduction of the euro to represent further steps towards achieving full integration, and that Germany would spare no effort in attempting to bring this about.