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October 19, 2012

Why Merkel's Dragging Her Feet

Adrian Hamilton, The Independent

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By dragging her feet on a proposed banking union, Angela Merkel may be holding up a solution to the Eurozone crisis. Is she right to do so?

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TAGGED: European Central Bank, ECB, Angela Merkel, Germany, Eurozone, Europe

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