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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti have “agreed to do everything to protect the euro”. This comes from a German government statement issued in Berlin on Sunday after Merkel had a telephone conversation with Monti. On Friday a statement almost-identical in wording was issued by Merkel and French …

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European Union leaders approved a 120 billion-euro ($149 billion) plan to promote growth in the 27-nation bloc that includes a capital boost for the European Investment Bank. The government chiefs agreed on a 10 billion-euro capital increase for the EIB today as a centerpiece of the long-term growth plan, which …

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti broke the …diplomatic protocoll and made joined statements with ND Antonis Samaras, while they had a meeting in Brussels. The it is not common that a government leader makes common statements together with a simple party leader. Monti said that the common European will is Greece …

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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos are hopeful that an agreement can be reached on Greece at Monday’s Eurogroup meeting. The three leaders held a teleconference on Friday afternoon upon the initiative of the Italian PM. His office issued a statement saying that …

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Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank, rules Europe through three of its men in top positions, claims French newspaper Le Monde in its article ” Goldman Sachs – the link between Mario Draghi, Mario Monti and Lucas Papademos” by London correspondent Marc Roche. Le Monder refers to the common link between Draghi …

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