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Greek demo. IMF: 'adjustment fatigue' poses risk for the EU's anti-crisis efforts (Photo: endiaferon)

IMF: politics could wreck EU bank union plan

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that political angst could harm EU plans to put the safety of its banks beyond doubt.

The Washington-based institute outlined the fears in its World Economic Outlook report out on Monday (8 October).

Its chief economist, Olivier Blanchard, wrote an upbeat preamble to the 229-page survey, saying "there has been a clear change in attitudes" in Europe and tha...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Greek demo. IMF: 'adjustment fatigue' poses risk for the EU's anti-crisis efforts (Photo: endiaferon)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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