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12/18/11

European Ministers to Thrash Out Compact as Confidence Wanes - Patrick Donahue and Stephanie Bodoni

European finance ministers will seek to meet a self-imposed deadline for drawing additional aid to the debt crisis and cobble together new budget rules as investor confidence that a comprehensive solution is achievable wanes.

Euro-area finance ministers will hold a conference call at 3:30 p.m. Brussels time tomorrow to discuss 200 billion euros ($261 billion) in additional funding through the International Monetary Fund and the mechanics of a so-called fiscal compact that was negotiated at a Dec. 9 European Union summit, according to two people familiar with the planning.

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