French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn holds signs reading "Euro, payments in Euro accepted.....
French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn holds signs reading "Euro, payments in Euro accepted" (Right) and a copy of an account (livret A) which every baby born on January 1st will receive with 100 euros in savings from the state to mark the birth of the single currency in Paris, December 31. Strauss-Kahn said he was not worried that central banks switching currency reserves into the new European currency could lead to an overvaluation of the Euro.