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Finance ministers head for talks on euro fall

By Sarah Laitner in Brussels, Jean Eaglesham and Neil Dennis in London, Bertrand Benoit in Berlin and Martin Arnold in Paris

Published: June 5 2005 21:02 | Last updated: June 5 2005 21:02

Eurozone finance ministers will on Monday move to shore up confidence in the euro amid jitters over its future after last week's double No vote on the European constitution.

In their first meeting since the resounding French and Dutch rejections, ministers from the 12-country group will decide how best to respond to the slide in the single currency's exchange rate following the votes. "They'll be discussing the reasons why the euro has evolved the way it has," one official said.

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