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European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10,2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.

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  1. European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet (L) talks with Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti on November 10,2009 during an Ecofin meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
  2. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  3. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  4. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  5. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  6. President of the European Cental Bank (ECB) Jean-Claude Trichet gives a press conference after a meeting of the governing Council of the European Cental Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. Trichet said that a US statement in support of a strong dollar was 'extremely important.'
  7. President of European Central Bank (ECB) Jean Claude Trichet (R) and Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi arrive at a news conference at the ECB Governing Council meeting in Venice, October 8, 2009.
  8. Bank of Italia governor Mario Draghi (L) an Bank of Austria governor Ewald Nowotny chat during a break of a meeting of the Europen Central Bank (ECB) on October 8, 2009 in Venice. European Central Bank policymakers meeting in Venice were set to keep the ECB's key interest rate anchored at an all-time low point of 1.0 percent, a bank official and analysts signalled.
  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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington in an April 25, 2009 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  14. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti (L) attend a news conference in Rome in an October 8, 2008 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  15. Italan Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) arrives late to pose for a family picture with European Ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen on October 1, 2009 in Gothenburg. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  16. Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giulio Tremonti (R) speaks with Luc Frieden (L), Luxembourg's Minister of the Treasury, following a family photo after the Eurogroup working session alongside 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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