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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10295
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup

Wolfgang Schäuble describes as unhelpful calls for expansion of EFSF

Brussels, 17/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - On a German public radio station on Monday 17 January 2011, Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, said it was pointless talking about the idea of expanding the capacity of the EFSF, a fund created last year to help the eurozone. He said the European Commission's call on eurozone countries to expand and/or increase the powers of the EFSF only complicated the situation (see EUROPE 10292). He did not oppose the idea of looking into the matter in...

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