L-R standing: European Commission President Jacques Santer, German Economics Minister Werner Mueller, French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Belgian Finance Minister Jean-Jacques Viseur, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commissioner Yves-Thibault de Silguy, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm, two unidentified men and Greek Finance Minister Yannos Papandoniou and L-R sitting: an unidentified man, Austrian Finance Minister Rudolf Edlinger and Council Secretary General Jurgen Trumpf pose for a family picture after the approval of euro locking rates December 31 in Brussels. European Union finance ministers announced today the rates at which the 11 nations monies - the currencies of Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain - will be convertible into euro from January 1. ??»