Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (R) talks with Netherlands Minister of Finance Wouter Bos (L) during the second working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg  on October 2, 2009. European countries met 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 28 months ago

Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (R) talks with Netherlands Minister of Finance Wouter Bos (L) during the second working session of the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 2, 2009. European countries met to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.