Material on Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) published before and after June 2003 assessment
Documents published by the Treasury on EMU before the June 2003 assessment are available below in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer you can download the software free of charge from the Adobe website. For alternative ways to read PDF documents and further information on website accessibility visit the HM Treasury accessibility page.
Chancellor’s statement on EMU, 27 October 1997
Prime Minister’s statement on the Outline National Changeover Plan, 23 February 1999
Chancellor’s speech at the Mansion House, 20 June 2001
Chancellor’s speech at the Mansion House, 26 June 2002
Speech by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, Ed Balls at the 2002 Cairncross lecture, 4 December 2002
Media links
Key EMU reports
PDF file of The Pros and Cons of EMU by David Currie, July 1997
PDF file of UK Membership of the Single Currency: an Assessment of the Five Economic Tests, October 1997
Euro preparations
National Changeover Plan
PDF file of the Outline National Changeover Plan, February 1999
PDF file of the Second Outline National Changeover Plan, March 2000
PDF file of the Sixth Report on Euro Preparations, July 2002
PDF file of the Seventh Report on Euro Preparations, November 2003
Papers for the Treasury Select Committee
PDF file of Preliminary and Technical Work to Prepare for the Assessment of the Five Tests for UK Membership of the Single Currency, November 2001
Paper for the Treasury Select Committee on the Treasury’s approach to preliminary and technical work, 6 September 2002
PDF file of Paper for the Treasury Select Committee on the European Central Bank, 13 January 2003
PDF file of Paper for the Treasury Select Committee on the Stability and Growth Pact, 13 January 2003
UK Convergence Programmes
PDF file of Delivering Economic Stability, Convergence Programme for the UK submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, December 2000
PDF file of Maintaining Economic Stability, Convergence Programme for the UK submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, December 2001
PDF file of Sustainability for the long term, Convergence Programme for the UK submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, December 2002
Sustainable Public Finances: Convergence Programme for the United Kingdom submitted in line with the Stability and Growth pact, December 2003
PDF file of Long-term sustainability, Convergence Programme for the UK submitted in line with the Stability and Growth Pact December 2004
External links
Bank of England
European Central Bank
The Council of the European Union
The European Commission