{"id":1223,"date":"2011-10-09T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T19:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2011-10-09T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-09T19:43:42","slug":"merkel-sarkozy-claim-broad-agreement-to-shore-up-banks-wsj-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/09\/merkel-sarkozy-claim-broad-agreement-to-shore-up-banks-wsj-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel, Sarkozy Claim Broad Agreement to Shore Up Banks &#8211; WSJ.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that they have reached broad agreement on a plan to shore up Europe&#8217;s battered banks and restore stability to the euro zone.Speaking to reporters in the Berlin chancellery ahead of a working dinner as aides and ministers from both governments looked on, Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy provided few details of the plan, pledging to unveil a comprehensive solution to the nearly two-year-old euro zone debt crisis by the end of the month. The plan will include a sweeping recapitalization of European banks endangered by a possible sovereign default in Greece as well as changes to existing European treaties to accelerate integration of the 17 euro-zone countries.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204450804576620680552852172.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLENewsIntl'>Merkel, Sarkozy Claim Broad Agreement to Shore Up Banks &#8211; WSJ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Sunday that they have reached broad agreement on a plan to shore up Europe&#8217;s battered banks and restore stability to the euro zone.Speaking to reporters in the Berlin chancellery ahead of a working dinner as aides and ministers from both governments looked on, Mrs. Merkel &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/09\/merkel-sarkozy-claim-broad-agreement-to-shore-up-banks-wsj-com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merkel, Sarkozy Claim Broad Agreement to Shore Up Banks &#8211; 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