Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) , Swedish Minister for Finance Anders Borg (C) and European economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (R) speak during a press conference at the end of a working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) , Swedish Minister for Finance Anders Borg (C) and European economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (R) speak during a press conference at the end of a working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.

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  1. European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10,2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  2. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  3. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
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  5. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  6. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  7. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  8. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  9. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg gives a press conference on November 10, 2009 after an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  10. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg gives a press conference on November 10, 2009 after an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  11. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (C), EU taxation commissioner Laszlo Kovacs (R) and EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) give a press conference on November 10, 2009 after an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  12. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (C), EU taxation commissioner Laszlo Kovacs (R) and EU economic and monetary affairs commissioner Joaquin Almunia (L) give a press conference on November 10, 2009 after an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  13. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg (R) signs documents on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  14. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg presides at an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  15. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg presides at an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  16. American Secretary for the Treasury Timothy Geithner, left, and Anders Borg, Sweden's Minister for Finance, arrive for the evening dinner at an hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland as part of the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting, Friday Nov. 6, 2009.

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