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In this interview, José María Gil-Robles, President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999, discusses how the introduction of the euro in Spain helped encourage a certain interdependence between the EU Member States and therefore promoted the principle of solidarity. He also describes the euro as a fundamental instrument for common European sovereignty and as a basic tool for job creation.