Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (R) jokes with European Central Bank Presdent Jean Claude Trichet (R) during a joint press conference at the begining of the 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 2 months ago

Swedish Minister of Finance Anders Borg (R) jokes with European Central Bank Presdent Jean Claude Trichet (R) during a joint press conference at the begining of the 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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  4. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (L) and Mario Draghi, governor of Bank of Italy, arrive for the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  5. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (R), Mario Draghi (L), governor of Bank of Italy, and Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, pose for a family photo at the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  6. President of European Central Bank (EBC) Jean Claude Trichet (R), Mario Draghi (L), governor of Bank of Italy, and Axel Weber, president of Deutsche Bundesbank, pose during a photo family at the European Central Bank meeting in Venice October 8, 2009.
  7. Former french skier Frenchman Jean Claude Killy (C) arrives to the opening ceremony of the 121st session of the International Olympic Congress on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the destiny of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen after a final round battle between Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.
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  9. Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker gestures as he arrives in the meeting room on the second day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 11, 2009.
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