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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

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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  1. Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos (L) talks with his French counterpart Christine Lagarde at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  2. Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos (L) talks to Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado at the start of an Eurogroup finance ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, November 9, 2009.
  3. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salagado (R) talks with her Dutch counterpart Wouter Bos on November 9, 2009 before a Eurogroup meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  4. President of the Dutch Central Bank Nout Wellink (L) and Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos give a news conference about the troubled DSB Bank in Amsterdam October 12, 2009. The Dutch central bank seized control of the troubled DSB Bank on Monday after efforts to preserve it with a consortium of five larger banks failed.
  5. President of the Dutch Central Bank Nout Wellink (L) and Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos give a news conference about the troubled DSB Bank in Amsterdam October 12, 2009. The Dutch central bank seized control of the troubled DSB Bank on Monday after efforts to preserve it with a consortium of five larger banks failed.
  6. Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos attends a news conference about the troubled DSB Bank in Amsterdam October 12, 2009. The Dutch central bank seized control of the troubled DSB Bank on Monday after efforts to preserve it with a consortium of five larger banks failed.
  7. President of the Dutch Central Bank Nout Wellink and Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos (R) give a news conference about the troubled DSB Bank in Amsterdam October 12, 2009. The Dutch central bank seized control of the troubled DSB Bank on Monday after efforts to preserve it with a consortium of five larger banks failed.
  8. President of the Dutch Central Bank Nout Wellink (L) and Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos give a news conference about the troubled DSB Bank in Amsterdam October 12, 2009. The Dutch central bank seized control of the troubled DSB Bank on Monday after efforts to preserve it with a consortium of five larger banks failed.
  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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