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United Kingdom Opinion: Merkel, Sarkozy opt for small steps rather than eurobonds
Published on 17/08/2011
The expectations were high. But what came out of the mini-summit between the leaders of Germany and France was scarcely reassuring. As Bernd Riegert writes, however, there were grounds for such an outcome.