French minister says bail-out alters EU treaty

Report of a FT interview with France's Europe Minister, Pierre Lellouch, May 2010. He expressed the French government’s conviction that the emergency stabilisation scheme agreed earlier in May 2010 for Greece amounted to a fundamental revision of the European Union’s rules and a leap towards an economic government for the bloc.

ESO: Background information: Why a fearful Germany is refusing to rush to the rescue http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-a-fearful-germany-is-refusing-to-rush-to-the-rescue/

ESO: Background information: The Greek debt crisis of 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-greek-debt-crisis-key-sources/

ESO: Background information: EU and IMF agree €720bn boost for rescue plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-and-imf-agree-e720bn-boost-for-rescue-plan/

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