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Euro banknotes: the year 2010 has been a testing time for the single currency so far (Photo: gilderic)

Deficit concerns continue ahead of EU summit

Just days before EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss measures to increase the region's competitiveness, market concerns over public finances continue to rattle national governments and hog the media limelight.

Spain continued its public relations offensive on Monday (8 February), after concerns over Greece's deficit and debt levels recently spread to the Iberian state and its neighbour, Portugal.

The country's finance minister, Elena Salgado, together with her deputy, Jose Man...

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Euro banknotes: the year 2010 has been a testing time for the single currency so far (Photo: gilderic)

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