Last week Mr. Delors announced a far-reaching three-stage plan that called for "economic and monetary union."

As outlined in the Delors Report, the transition to a single European currency followed a three-stage plan:

Four years later in 1958, the Indian government formally adopted the three-stage plan.

On the basis of the three-stage plan and assuming optimistic development times, some extravagant predictions about nuclear power have been made over the years:

It was a three-stage plan:

Initial discussions were fruitless, but on April 24 a majority of the mujaheddin groups agreed to a three-stage plan.

As set out by David Makovsky, the diplomatic reporter for Haaretz, the package proposes a three-stage plan over 12 weeks.

Its purpose was to set in train "the irreversible character" of Mr Delors's three-stage plan for economic and monetary union.

The Commission' s view was a three-stage plan of operation.

That is the way that corresponds to the three-stage plan you mentioned.