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【单选题】Euro(欧元)National currencies are vitally important to the way modern economies operate. They allow us to consistently express the value of an item across’’ borders of countries, oceans, and cultures. Wealth can be easily stored or transported as currency. Currencies are also deeply embedded in our cultures and our psyche. Think about how familiar you are with the price of things. If you’’ve grown up in the United States, you think of everything in "dollars," just like you think about distances in inches and miles.On January 1, 2002, the euro became the single currency of 12 member states of theEuropean Union. This will make it the second largest currency in the world, (the U.S. dollar being the largest). It will also be the largest currency event in the history of the worl
D、Twelve national currencies will evaporate (蒸发) and be replaced by the euro. Designing theEuroTheEuropeanCommissionEC、was given the task of creating the euro symbol as part of its communications work. There were three things the design had to accomplish:It had to be easily recognize
D、It had to be easily written by han
D、It had to be pleasing to look at.TheEC、had more than 30 designs drawn up. They selected 10 from those and let the public vote, which narrowed those 10 down to two. From them they made their final selection. The design ’’that was selected is based on the Greek letter epsilon, and also resembles the "e" as the first letter of the word "Europe. " The two parallel lines through the center of the "c" represent stability.WhereDid the IdeaCome From The original seed was planted in 1946 when WinstonChurchill suggested the creation of the "United States ofEurope." His goals were primarily political, in that he hoped a unified government would bring about peace for a continent that had been torn apart by two world wars.Then, in 1952, six west-European countries tookChurchill’’s suggestion and created theEuropeanCoal and SteelCommunityECSC、. These resources were quite strategic to the power of each country, so a requirement of theECSC、was that each country allows their resources to be controlled by an independent authority. Their goal, just asChurchill had intended, was to help prevent military conflict between France and Germany.In 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed, declaring the goal of creating a commonEuropean market. It was signed by France, Germany, Italy,Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. After many false starts, the process of creating theEuro got its real start in 1989, when theDelors Report was published by JacquesDelors, president of theEuropeanCommission. This important report outlined a three-stage transition (过渡) plan that would create a singleEuropeanCurrency.Planning the TransitionAs outlined in theDelors Report, the transition to a singleEuropean courtesy followed a three-stage plan:Stage one began on July 1, 1990, and immediately abolished (废止) (at least in principle.) all restrictions on the movement of capital between the member states. It also began the identification of issues that needed to be dealt with and the development of a working program to implement the . upcoming changes.Stage two began on January 1, 1994, and marked the establishment of theEuropean Monetary InstituteEMI). TheEMI was responsible for coordinating the monetary policy and strengthening the cooperation of the central banks, as well as making preparations for the establishment of theEuropean System ofCentralBanks, which included the single monetary policy and single currency.InDecember 1995, theEuropean Heads of State or Government at theEuropeanCouncil meeting in Madrid voted on the name "euro" for the single currency of theEuropean Monetary Union.Stage three began on January 1, 1999, with the establishment of "irrevocably fixed exchange rates" of the currencies of the current 11 member states.At this point, the euro was
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