Only during the period when Burundi used the Belgian Congo franc were centime coins issued.

History The franc became the currency of Burundi in 1916, when Belgium occupied the former Germany colony and replaced the German East African rupie with the Belgian Congo franc.

The franc was introduced at par with the French franc.

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First, it was that Belgian kid.

Decolonizing the Franc Zone

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Coordination Arabe Brussels, Belgium 2 December 1991

The Belgian Army, the British Expeditionary Forces...

The franc is the currency of French Polynesia.

Initial planning in 1991 called for a Belgian led corps with 2 or 4 Belgian brigades, a German brigade, and possibly a U.S. brigade.

Another devaluation of the CFA franc today might deflate France s debts to the franc zone and boost its African based export industries, but it would worsen the franc zone countries miseries.

Even Switzerland is intervening to weaken the franc.

Demographics Almost all of the Belgian population is urban 97 in 2004.

Since 1945, it has been part of the CFP franc.

The petition is an initiative of the Belgian Republican Society (Republikeinse Kring CRK).

History The franc became the currency of Rwanda in 1916, when Belgium occupied the previously German colony and the Belgian Congo franc replaced the German East African rupie.

The Chairman observed that there seemed to be little support for the position taken by the Belgian delegation.

But the franc zone countries did not fare nearly so well.

Now he considers it the best currency in the world.

The franc zone s plight is being compounded by distorted and dysfunctional economic and monetary policies.

Swiss Francs by Flickr user Jim (CC BY NC SA 2.0).

In 1999, the Euro was introduced to replace the French franc.

In this context, on 12 January 1994, there was a 50 per cent devaluation of the parity of the currency of the African States of the franc zone compared to that of the French franc.

The franc zone is, in fact, an appendage of the French economy.

It also prohibited Belgian nationals from engaging in recruitment abroad.

More appalling is the fact that France guarantees the CFA franc s free convertibility into hard currency, originally on the condition that all 15 Franc Zone countries surrender 100 of their foreign reserves to the French Treasury.

This gap should encourage the franc zone s member countries to reject their relationship with France.

The CFA franc issued by two sub regional central banks (BCEAO and BEAC) are not interchangeable.

It was the largest plunge of the franc ever against the euro.

On January 1, 2008, the franc was valued at 1,129.40 per US dollar.

It is responsible for Swiss monetary policy and for issuing Swiss franc banknotes.

From September, the Belgian army was involved in the Allied offensive until the final victory of 11 November 1918.

My Belgian colleague, Willy Claes, has already explained the position of the 12 members of the European Community.

From the end of World War II until the adoption of the euro, France devalued its own franc 14 times in order to bolster competiveness and exports, with the CFA franc devalued along with it each time.

This is in accordance with article 193 (originally 125) of the Belgian Constitution The Belgian nation takes red, yellow and black as colours, and as state coat of arms the Belgian lion with the motto UNITY MAKES STRENGTH .

He assured the Belgian delegation that when drafting the commentary the Secretariat would be guided by the reports of the Working Group and the comments of the Commission.

The second way implies a thorough overhaul of the system. This would entail pegging the CFA franc not only to the euro, but also to a basket of other currencies, abolishing the fixed exchange rate and the CFA franc s convertibility, and fast tracking economic integration.

My country regrets the fact that the steps to accompany the devaluation have not been entirely honoured.

The economic situation was further aggravated for the CFA countries since their de linking from the French franc.

The IMF s first two managing directors, the Belgian Camille Gutt and the Swede Ivar Rooth, were both weak figures.

France may not like it, but the best interests of the franc zone s citizens should come first.