Eurozone timetable keeps slipping, report warns

Ten countries from "new" EU member states plus Sweden have received a warning that they should do more to meet the criteria for joining the euro.

While Slovenia is preparing to introduce the euro in January 2007, the European Commission and European Central Bank said in a "convergence report" on Tuesday (5 December) that the pace of the other hopefuls is uneven and their eurozone timetable keeps slipping.

"The road to the euro is proving more difficult than some may have thought o...