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English: The European Council met in Madrid under the Presidency of Felipe González, Spanish Prime Minister. Followed by a meeting of Heads of State and Government and Foreign Affairs Ministers of Associated Countries of Central and Oriental Europe, including the Baltic countries, as well as Cyprus and Malta. The European Council considered that job creation is the main objective for the EU and has declared its’ intention to pursue all measures necessary to reduce unemployment. Moreover, the European Council has adopted the scenario for the introduction of the single currency and has confirmed that this phase will begin on 1 January 1999. The decision has been taken to name the new currency “euro”. Lastly, the Council has discussed the subject of the intergovernmental conference and of enlargement. Group Photo:from left to right:1st row: Paavo Lipponen, Finnish Prime Minister; Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourgish Prime Minister; Jacques Santer, President of the EC; Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian Prime Minister; Wim Kok, Dutch Prime Minister; António Guterres, Portuguese Prime Minister; Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic; Felipe González, Spanish Prime Minister and President in office of the Council; Lamberto Dini, Italian Prime Minister; Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland; John Major, British Prime Minister; Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor; John Bruton, Irish Prime Minister; Franz Vranitzky, Austrian Federal Chancellor; Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister; Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish Prime Minister; Apostolos-Athanasios Tsohatzopoulos, Greek Minister for Internal Affairs. 2nd row: Jürgen Trumpf, Secretary General of the Council of the EU; Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Niels Helveg Petersen, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Erik Derycke, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hans van den Broek, Member of the EC in charge of External Relations with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta and other European Countries, Common Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights (in agreement with the President) and External Missions; Klaus Kinkel, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jaime Gama, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Jacques Poos, Luxembourgish Minister for Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Coooperation; Javier Solana, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Susanna Agnelli, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Dick Spring, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Malcom Rifkind, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; Hans van Mierlo, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; Tarja Halonen, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hervé de Charette, French Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mats Hellström, Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade and European Affairs