Thank you all for your quick and good answers. This level of responsiveness is truly amazing.

I've played a bit with IPython and it works just fine. I can type the eurosign drectly with "Alt Gr - E" (so I didn't enter a unicode code). So the bug is basically solved for me. But the python-repl behaviour still looks strange to me. So here's a successful IPython session :

C:\PORT-STCA2\pl-PRIVATE\horse>chcp 65001
Active code page: 65001                            
                                                                
C:\PORT-STCA2\pl-PRIVATE\horse>ipython
Python 3.4.1 (v3.4.1:c0e311e010fc, May 18 2014, 10:38:22) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)]
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 2.2.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.
               
In [1]: print('€')         
€                                                                                      
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