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Eurozone Crisis: Merkel Tells Athens And Paris To Stick To Spending Limits

Submitted by kieronb on Tue, 2012-05-08 11:18

Guardian
Ian Traynor

Tuesday, 8 May 2012 - 1:15am

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"Europe's 30-month effort to save the euro by slashing spending and debt levels risks turning into a crisis of political legitimacy after EU leaders' strategies collided spectacularly with the wishes of voters in Greece and France."

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