But he is trying to achieve monetary union by July 1, and if he does, effective unification will be well under way.

Currency reform is the single most important effort that the Europeans can make to achieve true political union.

They do this to help themselves achieve liberation and union with God.

He said Jesus had been a man who kept himself sinless and achieved union with God.

The result is that efforts to achieve political union will continue to lag far behind the quest for economic integration.

Having achieved economic and monetary union, other plans are now being drawn up. We cannot take 50 years to implement these, however.

However, it is not possible to achieve economic union simply by having a strategy for growth and creating quality employment.

The silence is especially deafening on how to achieve political union without setting a serious timetable for common foreign and defence policy.

This will enable it to play the role in achieving monetary union for which the Treaties have not yet made adequate provision.

The reports before us indicate that we are making considerable progress towards achieving economic and monetary union.