Staff at the European Central Bank (ECB) have been working flat out to prepare for enlargement, its president Jean-Claude Trichet confirmed today (27 April).
Presenting the ECB's 2003 annual report before the European Parliament, Mr Trichet announced, "over the last four and a half years, staff members from the ECB and from the euro area NCBs [national central banks] have devoted around 20,000 working days to co-operation activities to prepare for enlargement".
Due to this carefu...
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