Leaders determined to defend eurozone

Article reports that in refusing to plunge their budgets deeper into the red, European Union governments – or almost all of them – have sent a clear signal, March 2009, that protecting Europe’s monetary union is no less important to them than ending the world recession.

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/09/54: ECOFIN Council, Brussels, http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ecofin/106576.pdf

ESO: Background information: Atlantic stimulus rift grows http://www.europeansources.info/record/atlantic-stimulus-rift-grows/

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