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Fri 02 Feb 2010Fear of contagion led EU to waive rules for Greece
ANALYSIS:The EU (for which read Germany) will not let Greece go to the wall . . . for the sake of the euro, writes ARTHUR BEESLEY
THE DEAL was done in the hours before European leaders sat down to their summit lunch at the Bibliothèque Solvay, an ornate 19th century library set on a snowy park near the EU quarter in Brussels. It wasn’t quite a bailout for Greece, but the next best thing, a pledge that Europe would help if required. The Earth still moved.
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