(a)—adopt, if necessary, with a view to permitting the assessmentprovided for in subparagraph (b), multiannual programmes intended to ensure the lasting convergence necessary for theachievement of economic and monetary union, in particularwith regard to price stability and sound public finances;
(a)—d’fhonn an measúnú dá bhforáiltear i mír (b) gur féidir cláir ilbhliantúla a ghlacadh, más gá, chun an cóineasú marthanach is gá do ghnóthú an aontais eacnamaíoch agusairgeadaíochta a áirithiú, go háirithe maidir le cobhsaíochtphraghsanna agus le hairgeadas poiblí fónta;