(L to R) Vice president of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos, President of the European Central Bank French Jean Claude Trichet, Commisisioner responsable of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia attend 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

(L to R) Vice president of the European Central Bank Lucas Papademos, President of the European Central Bank French Jean Claude Trichet, Commisisioner responsable of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia attend 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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  9. Bottom row (left to right) National Bank of Belgium Governor Guy Quaden, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Governor Patrick Honohan, Bank of Portugal Governor Victor Manuel Ribeiro Constancio, Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Gertrude Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia, Vice-President of the ECB Lucas Papademos, from middle row (left to right) Bank of the Netherlands economic counsellor Lex Hoogduin, Bank of Slovenia Governor Ivan Sramko, Austrian Governor Aide Wolfgang Duchatczek, Austrian National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny, Deutsche Bundesbank President Axel Weber, Bank of Slovenia Governor Marko Kranjec, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Central Bank of Luxembourg Yves Mersch, back row from left, Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Central Bank of Cyprus Governor Athanosios Orphanides, Bank of Spain Governor Miguel Fernandez Ordonez, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Jose' Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo and Member of the Executive Board of the ECB Jurgen Stark pose for a family photo during the governing Council meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Venice October 8, 2009.
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  13. President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet (C), Vice President of the European Cenral Bank Lucas Papademos (L) and European commissioner responsable for economic and monetary affairs (R) interact ahead of the start of the Eurogroup meeting alongside the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009.
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  16. Vice president of the European Central Bank Greek Lucas Papademos holds documents as he attends 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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