Push for shake-up of EU rescue facility

European officials are considering measures to overhaul the eurozone’s €440bn rescue fund, including using it to buy bonds of distressed governments, according to people involved in the deliberations in Brussels, December 2010.

ESO: Background information: European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-european-financial-stability-facility-efsf/

ESO: Background information: Merkel seeks calm after Juncker E-bond blast http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-seeks-calm-after-juncker-e-bond-blast/

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Sarkozy call for deeper union http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-and-sarkozy-call-for-deeper-union/

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