Champs-Élysées février 2002 Arrivée de l'euro p. 3-4 Tools A B bouleversement upheaval; disruption enquête investigation; inquiry; opinion poll/survey point de départ starting point Réunis Meeting; brought together; combined Il s'agit de involved are puissance power dans un premier temps to start/begin with; at first n'intègre pas isn't joining eh bien well à l'époque at the time critères de convergence convergence criteria, the economic criteria that EU countries had to meet by 1998 to be part of the "euro zone" ainsi thus, in this way hausse limitée du coût de la vie a limited increase/rise in the cost of living, low inflation taux d'intérêt interest rate toutefois however remplissent meet/fulfill rester à l'écart stay on the sidelines/keep out of things écartez-vous move out of the way! car because/for à travers through dirigeant leader aussi bien...que as much...as ensuite then/next; afterwards s'enchaînent follow on from each other; are linked together basculent swing/go over entreprise company/business informatique computer devise currency, motto endroit place; spot désormais from now on, henceforth jeu game relooké revamped/given a new look épuisé sold out/out of stock convertisseur converter machine à calculer calculator certes to be sure; admittedly formation training/training course commerciaux sales/marketing people caissière cashier; checker grand public general public pièce coin; play; room se rendre go à part aside from/except for quant à as for Saint-Marin San Marino, an independent state entirely surrounded by Italy. It is south-southwest of Rimini. pas de soucis no problem/worries grosso modo more or less/roughly Carte bleue French bank card (debit card) distributeur automatic/automated teller machine bref in short/to make a long story short quasiment hardly Banque de France the equivalent of the US Federal Reserve or the Bank of England retraités retired people ancien franc old franc