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- Angela Merkel - ECB - Economic growth - economy - euro - François Hollande - Nicolas Sarkozy - Spain


Europe's groundswell for growth

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With recession spreading across the continent, will the French presidential candidates make good on their pledge to get Germany to put more of the accent on growth? François Picard's panel looks at the groundswell against austerity.

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  • Julia CAGE, Harvard University & The Paris School of Economics;
  • Harald HAU, University of Geneva & Swiss Finance Institute;
  • Mark DEEN, Bloomberg News;
  • Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS, British Conservative MEP (from London).

 

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