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- Angela Merkel - bailout - eurozone - financial crisis - Greece - Lucas Papademos - Nicolas Sarkozy


Greece's done deal: what will €130 billion package buy?

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For Greece, a mixture of gratitude and outrage greets a new bailout plan that offers at least temporary relief but commits Athens to years of fiscal belt-tightening.

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  • Nicos VERNICOS,Chairman, International Chamber of commerce in Greece
  • Tarik MOUAKIL, Economist, Author of "Asset Markets, Portfolio Choice and Macroeconomic Activity"
  • Philip GOLUB,Professor of International Relations, American University of Paris
  • David GURWITZ, Managing Director, Charles Nenner Research

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Plotting Algeria's course (part 2)
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Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

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Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press
16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?

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