PERFORMANCE OF THE EURO (No.10)

Early day motion 1033, tabled 8 April 2003 by Austin Mitchell (Labour). Signed by 15 members.

That this House notes the announcement on 3rd April of the latest German unemployment figures for March, which shows that seasonally adjusted unemployment has risen by 44,000, taking German unemployment to 4.61 million; notes that German unemployment has now risen every month bar one since the launch of euro notes and coins on 1st January 2002; and believes that this shows that the euro is not working.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 2.