By the end of March 2012 they want the European Union's member governments (ideally all 27, but if need be only the 17 that are in the euro) to sign up to an overhaul of the fiscal rules.
In other news, European Union consumer and business confidence declined in the latest month, in another sign the Euro zone economy is remains in the dumps.
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As in Ireland, prices in Spain fell faster in the year to October than in the rest of the euro area, a sign of improving competitiveness (see right-hand chart).
While the pro-euro camp show every sign of taking on the iron discipline of Tony Blair's New Labour, the antis are riven by doctrinal disputes which will make it difficult to develop a single, coherent message.
The recent surge in bond yields issued by euro zone countries is a sign that investors don't believe leaders are fully committed to saving the currency, he said.
However, in our interview, Mr Trichet gave the criticism short shrift, and categorically denied that he had ever pointed to the narrowing of interest rate differentials as a sign of the euro's success.
The fact that the latest flurry of bad news from Hungary, Italy and Spain pushed the euro under 1.280 on Wednesday is a sign that markets are still surprised by the various new problems surfacing from European banking sector.
So far, there is little sign that these rate increases are holding the euro zone back, but eventually they will have an effect.
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In what could be an encouraging sign for sterling, some analysts noted that the euro hasn't been battered by Moody's decision last week to strip France of its triple-A rating, a move that was widely anticipated by investors.
Furthermore, results of the Dutch elections was another good sign because it gave an unexpected vote of confidence in the euro, with voters rejecting eurosceptic candidates on the far right and far left.
Investors were looking ahead to euro-zone inflation data, which if low, could be interpreted as a sign that the European Central Bank can lower interest rates.
During a general debate on European affairs on 3 June 2010, the MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark told the Commons that he was "entirely happy to sign up" to the coalition agreement, which declares that Britain will not adopt the euro during this Parliament.
The disquiet that was expressed by IMF Managing Director Horst Kohler about the euro, followed later in the week by co-ordinated action to prop up the currency, was a sign of the worries shared now by all countries - about the possible consequences of sharp changes in exchange rates for world growth.
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