A proposal to tackle the crisis in Europe

While the US is trying to attack the bank solvency crisis with the Paulson Plan, no comprehensive response is emerging in Europe. Finance ministers must agree on a common set of rules to recapitalise European banks and establish a European institution to manage this recapitalisation.

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