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Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg, right, sits next to EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia as they address the media after an EU finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg presides at an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  7. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg presides at an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  8. 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.
  9. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg arrives at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 6, 2009. The Group of 20 leading nations will agree this weekend it is too early to pull the plug on emergency support for the global economy and launch a new system of checks to help rebalance world growth and prevent future crises.
  10. Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg, right, sits next to EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia as they address the media after an EU finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009.
  11. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg waits for the start of an EU Economy and Finance Council meeting on October 20, 2009 at EU headquarters in Luxembourg.
  12. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg speaks to journalists before an EU Economy and Finance Council meeting on October 20, 2009 at EU headquarters in Luxembourg.
  13. Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg speaks to journalists before an EU Economy and Finance Council meeting on October 20, 2009 at EU headquarters in Luxembourg.
  14. Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (C) speaks as European commissioner responsible for economic and monetary matters Joaquim Almunia (R) and European commissioner responsible for taxation and customs union Laslo Kovacs (L) look on during the final press conference after 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.
  15. Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (C) European commissioner responsible for economic and monetary matters Joaquim Almunia (R) and European commissioner responsible for taxation and customs union Laslo Kovacs (L) arrive for the final press conference after 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.
  16. Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (R) talks with his Dutch counterpart 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.

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