European politicians are trying to avoid too much talk of a multi-trillion-euro revamp of the eurozone’s crisis strategy ahead of a crunch vote in the German parliament, with the German finance minister denying plans for such an increase to the bail-out fund and French ministers saying it is necessary to stay quiet until after the vote.
On Tuesday, German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told N-TV: "We do not intend to increase it,” and separately called such moves “stupid”.
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