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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1056)	2/17/1998 10:32:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) of 9818

IT aspects of EMU in Germany (not!) on TV discussion From the Euro discussion listserver. John ---------- >---------- >From: POP3 Mail[SMTP:michael.walsh@pohjolagroup.com] >Sent: Monday, February 16, 1998 6:39 AM >To: euro2002-discuss-digest@euro2002.com >Subject: Germans on Euro Because of the 155 German Professors who wrote a letter to the FAZ and the Financial Times asking for postponement of the Euro, two serious German TV discussion programs dealt with this theme on Sunday (15th Feb) Presse Club (ARD - repeated later on Deutschewelle) with 5 journalists 2D, I, GB and F) spent 45 minutes on this theme without once mentioning IT. 19:10 (ZDF - sent live on Sat-3) with 5 "experts" (The German behind the letter; one of the 2 German journalists from the previous program - a pro delay man; a German SDP politician; an talian economic journalist and the Chief Economist of the Deutsche Bank) had 50 minutes available. After 40 minutes there was the one and only (very brief) mention of IT. They were discussing whether Euro would cause job losses and the Deutsche Bank=20 man used the fact that IT was booming (hat Hoch Konjunktur) as one of is arguments that it wouldn't. That in a total of 1 hour 35 minutes was it. It seems that the message that it's risky for IT reasons to have Euro changes at the same time(ish) as Year2000 changes hasn't reached the non-IT "informed" people at all. Mike Walsh Helsinki, Finland

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