EU Commisisioner responsable for the Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia, Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado, Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (LtR) talking before the family photo of ministers of Finance during 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 28 months ago

EU Commisisioner responsable for the Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia, Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado, Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (LtR) talking before the family photo of ministers of Finance during 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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