Eurozone finance ministers met on Monday but still failed to reach agreement on the details of how to share the burden of a boost to the effective lending capacity of European bail-out mechanisms.
Key among divisions is the question of how to support the existing fund, the €440 billion European Financial Stability Facility, which due to countries' desire to maintain a triple-A rating for its lending, in reality has just around a €250 billion effective lending capacity.
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