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Thu 03 Mar 2010Barroso says EU is ready with Greek rescue plan
GREEK PREMIER George Papandreou appealed for EU support to help ease a crippling interest bill on its rising national debt as European Commission president José Manuel Barroso said the union’s executive was “ready” to introduce a rescue mechanism if needed.
As they met in Brussels, however, German chancellor Angela Merkel sought to puncture the urgency of the Greek debt crisis by dismissing the need for “a quick act of solidarity”.
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