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EU agrees new rules for future bailouts

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European finance ministers agreed Sunday to create a permanent mechanism to solve future debt crises in the 16 countries that use the euro in an attempt to calm fears over the stability of the currency bloc.

 

The plan falls short of demands from Germany, which had insisted that private creditors - rather than taxpayers - should shoulder the costs of any future government bailouts. (AP)

 

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