EU leaders dismiss speculation over euro

Luxembourg’s prime minister today dismissed any possibility individual countries might abandon the euro and called on EU leaders to show the world the 25-nation bloc is still functioning despite the apparent demise of its proposed constitution.

EU leaders dismiss speculation over euro

Luxembourg’s prime minister today dismissed any possibility individual countries might abandon the euro and called on EU leaders to show the world the 25-nation bloc is still functioning despite the apparent demise of its proposed constitution.

“It is just inconceivable that a country could envisage dropping out of the euro. The euro belongs to us all,” Jean-Claude Juncker, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said on the second day of EU finance ministers’ talks.

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