Rehn: Worst over for euro crisis

Published: 15 Oct 2012 at 13.45
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BANGKOK - The worst is over for the euro debt crisis, the Vice President of the European Commission, Olli Rehn, said on Monday.

Mr Rehn, also the commissioner for economic and monetary affairs and the euro, told the Bangkok Post that the various measures taken over the past several months had helped arrest the crisis.

"There is no likelihood of any country leaving the eurozone," he said on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting in Bangkok.

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oldexp
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Discussion 8 : 15 Oct 2012 at 23.368
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The worst is over! ??
Just another statement to calm the public. Drives the Gold price down so central banks can refill their safes with the only true money - at bargain prices.
And a statement that "proofs" how well they work in the EU.
Got to be kidding, this man.
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Discussion 7 : 15 Oct 2012 at 21.447
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It is?Spain have only just started by telling half truths if that is possible. Give it six months may be less and it will really hit the fan.
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Discussion 6 : 15 Oct 2012 at 16.466
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Rehn: There is no likelihood of any country leaving the eurozone. Bloomberg today: Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said Greece may quit the common currency within the next six months.
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Discussion 5 : 15 Oct 2012 at 15.525
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There is a difference between a white lie and a blantant lie. This is a blantant lie.
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Just another cheer talk for the Euro to keep the momentum ... completely normal with these confidence boosting remarks for their respective economies be it national or international, we get them all the time from Bernanke, Draghi and from all other economy ministers including our own Kittirat.
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I think the story Mr Rehn is telling the world is a harder one to believe!!
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Discussion 2 : 15 Oct 2012 at 14.502
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Thai officials are not the only ones who'll tell a white lie. The unelected EU officials do it all the time. The Euro is doomed and at the first given chance,the hard-working Germans will understandably leave it.
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Discussion 1 : 15 Oct 2012 at 14.231
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"European Commissioner Olli Rehn talks with Thai Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong at the 10th Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting."

The picture looks more like Mr. Kittiratt telling Rehn a story while the latter has a hard time to believe it.
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