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The ECB tower in Frankfurt: Occupy protests have faded away and face eviction on 31 July. (Photo: Valentina Pop)

The European Central Bank: a hamstrung firefighter

It is called the 'Eurotower' - a 40-storey-high skyscraper in the financial district of Frankfurt - Germany's equivalent of the City of London.

Yet it is not big enough to house the roughly 1,400 employees of the European Central Bank (ECB) preparing the decisions that will make or break the euro - ranging from interest-rate setting to buying bonds or issuing cheap loans to banks.

Offices are being rented in three other buildings, while a new double-towered skyscraper - already d...

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The ECB tower in Frankfurt: Occupy protests have faded away and face eviction on 31 July. (Photo: Valentina Pop)

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