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Jean-Claude Trichet
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euro-zone debt crisis
- In euro-zone debt crisis: The crisis unfolds
…European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet (succeeded by Mario Draghi in October 2011). Germany, as Europe’s largest economy, would shoulder much of the financial burden associated with an EU-funded bailout plan, and Merkel paid a domestic political price for her commitment to the preservation of the EU. Billions of…
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