Saturday, 2 May 1998 at 11.00 h

I.P.C.- International Press Centre

1 Blvd. Charlemagne (Karel De Grotelaan 1), 1041 Brussels

SPEAKERS:
Leopold Fransen, Chairman of the Natural Law Party, Belgium
Dr Reinhard Borowitz, Leader of the Natural Law Party, Germany
Thomas Mullins, Chairman of the Natural Law Party, Northern Ireland
Benoit Frappe, Leader of the Natural Law Party, France

While European Union Heads of Government meet in Brussels next weekend to take crucial decisions about the single European currency, the European Natural Law Parties will present their programme to eliminate the risks of the Euro. All representatives of the media covering the EU summit in Brussels are warmly invited to attend this news conference at which the Natural Law Parties message to EU leaders will be outlined.

The Natural Law Party, a new political party that has become active in 63 countries during the past six years, has the only effective solution to the grave risks created by the introduction of the single currency in Europe.

The stability of the Euro will not be determined solely by the so called 'stability criteria' of the Maastricht treaty, which are merely superficial economic indicators. Whatever the decisions taken by EU leaders next weekend, the success of the Euro will depend ultimately on the stability and integration of the collective consciousness of the whole population of the European Union.

"The most influential factor determining economic stability in general, and the acceptance of the new European currency in particular, is the human factor. It is the quality of human consciousness, individually and collectively, that determines the success or failure of the economy.

"Through its scientifically proven programmes to enliven and stabilise collective consciousness, the Natural Law Party is offering a unique and extremely effective tool to counterbalance the grave risks the new currency will bring for all of us. Otherwise, if European leaders merely talk of stability without actually creating the basis for it in the collective consciousness, the Euro may damage the economy and harmony in Europe much more than improving it."