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Thu 10 Oct 2008Sarkozy floats idea of EU-wide plan
PARIS VISIT:FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy has backed Ireland's guarantee plan and floated the idea of a EuropeanUnion-wide bailout scheme, writes Lara Marlowe in Paris.
French government figures insisted yesterday that there was no fully worked-out proposals for the scheme and they rejected the price tag of €300bn ($422bn, £238bn) that some German officials have attached to it.
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