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Corrections and clarifications
Education Guardian's briefing on the European currency, pages 10 and 11, yesterday, was not unflawed. It displayed the flags of 12 states, raising the question why Denmark, Sweden and Greece were omitted. The flags, in fact, were intended to represent the countries in the monetary union, plus Britain. The flags of the Netherlands and Ireland were transposed. Spain and Portugal did not join the EU in 1981. They joined in January, 1986. We said that Leon Brittan was tipped for a leading role in the new European Commission. In fact, he is the out-going joint vice-president of the Commission. We should, perhaps, have mentioned the appointment of Chris Patten as the commissioner in charge of external affairs.
Irene White
