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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10391
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/greece

Olli Rehn says Greece should copy Belgium

Brussels, 01/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn thinks that Greece should copy Belgium, which was able to make sacrifices to slash its public deficit and pay back a substantial portion of its debt in the 1990s. In an interview with Bloomberg in New York, Rehn said: “Belgium is a relevant example”, showing Greece what is “feasible and do-able”. Opposing any idea of restructuring Greece's debt, the commissioner praised the pledges by...

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