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Athens’ salvation lies in Paris and Berlin

By Tony Barber in Brussels, Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin and Ben Hall in Paris

Published: February 8 2010 22:40 | Last updated: February 8 2010 22:40

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy: Greece has been told to sort out its own troubles

The eurozone is gripped by its most severe crisis since its creation a decade ago, but Germany and France, the duo that anchor the bloc, are insisting in public that emergency financial assistance to Greece is out of the question.

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