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AN imagined conversion between Enda Kenny and Angela Merkel on the fringes of the EU summit this weekend….

Fri, 29 Jun, 2012

Euro leaders push for growth boost

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain have agreed to push for a 130 billion euro (£105 billion) growth package at a key European Union summit next week.

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Tue, 05 Jun, 2012

Hollande: French deficit 'worse than previously indicated'

The President Elect of France, Francoise Hollande, has had his first look at the state of the country's finances.

Fri, 11 May, 2012

French cast new doubt on fiscal treaty

The future of the fiscal treaty was uncertain last night as the French congress will not pass it, and the man tipped to become the next president of France has vowed to renegotiate it.

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