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Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (C) talks with European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt (L) and Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden (R) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.

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  1. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (C) talks with European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt (L) and Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden (R) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  2. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado (R) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (L), European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt (2nd L) and Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (2nd R) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  3. Italy's Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (L) talks with European Investment Bank (EIB) President Philippe Maystadt (2nd L) and counterparts from Belgium, Didier Reynders (2nd R), and Spain's Elena Salgado (R) at the start of an EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels November 10, 2009.
  4. (L to R) National Bank of Slovakia Governor Ivan Sramko, Slovakia Minister of Finance Jan Pociatek and European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt chat 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.
  5. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  6. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  7. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  8. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview before a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected on Thursday EU Council President.
  9. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview before a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected on Thursday EU Council President.
  10. Belgium's Finance Minister Didier Reynders, President of the French-speaking liberal party (MR), attends an interview before a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 21, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  11. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (R) talks with his Luxembourgian counterpart Luc Frieden on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  12. Luxembourg Finance Minister Luc Frieden (R) talks with his Cypriot counterpart Charilaos Stavrakis (C) and an advisor (L) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  13. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (C) talks with European Investment Bank President Philippe Maystadt (L) and Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden (R) on November 10, 2009 before the start of an Economy and Finance Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  14. Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders (back L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (back R) as Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden (R) talks with a diplomat on November 10, 2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  15. Spainish Finance Minister and vice president of Eurogroup Elena Salagado (R) and Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden participate in a signing ceremomny for special agreement between Spain and Luxembourg on November 10, 2009 ahead of an Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  16. Spainish Finance Minister and vice president of Eurogroup Elena Salagado (R) and Luxembourg Finance minister Luc Frieden speak during a signing ceremomny for special agreement between Spain and Luxembourg on November 10, 2009 ahead of an Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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