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Europe cannot wait for another Cyprus before establishing a common resolution fund

Guy Verhofstadt today called on the European Commission to speed up its preparation of a legislative proposal establishing a common European bank resolution fund as soon as possible in light of the experiences in dealing with the Cyprus b…

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Urgent ECON hearing with Dijsselbloem called for by ALDE Group

The President of the ALDE Group Guy Verhofstadt and Sylvie Goulard, ALDE Coordinator on the ECON committee has called for a urgent meeting of the ECON committee in order to hear Mr Dijsselbloem.

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Guy Verhofstadt today warns EU leaders against complacency over Eurozone economy

“The European Council summit this week should not be complacent. The immediate pressure of the bond markets may have abated but the eurozone crisis is not yet out of the woods.”

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Verhofstadt: Germany’s last chance to save the Euro – and its own AAA status

Moody’s, one of the principal international credit ratings agencies yesterday issued a stark warning to Germany and other triple ‘A’ rated Eurozone economies that the ongoing instability and worsening situation in Spain and Italy could ha…

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