Germany uses the Euro, which is the standard currency in the Eurozone.

In its October monthly report, the bank once again chided eurozone governments for not working hard enough to reduce public deficits.

The manufacturing heartlands might well have done better in the eurozone than in the pound zone over the past few years.

In the second quarter, eurozone growth remained modest at 0.5 per cent.

monetary stability in the Eurozone want to stop any such move dead in its tracks.