From the editor.(Europe)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

A shopping bag in Strasbourg carries the crisp logo of the euro, which this month replaces the French franc, the German mark, and ten other European currencies. In one stroke it presents a credible challenge to the dominance of the dollar. But it means much more than that, as T. R. Reid and Stuart Franklin show us in "The New Europe" The euro symbolizes the transformation of passionately independent countries into a community determined to unite, and just as determined to figure out what that unity means to their national identities.

In the year 2002 what does it mean to ...

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