Monday, May 10, 2010

$1 Trillion Bailout For The European Union Agreed on

There is American tax payer money going toward this through the International Monetary Fund.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/10/eu-sets-trillion-eurozoneimf-defense-package-protect-euro-disintegration

"A bold $1 trillion rescue by the European Union halted the slide of the euro on Monday and sent markets soaring worldwide in a gambit that may ultimately be seen as the moment Europe truly became a union.

The sweeping cash injection was greeted with euphoria on Wall Street, where stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in more than a year.

Still, the package did not resolve the basic dysfunction at the heart of Europe's monetary union: Governments can still spend recklessly and saddle their partners with the bill.
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After frantic talks lasting into the early hours of Monday, European officials agreed the 16 euro nations would put up $572 billion (€440 billion) in new loans and $78 billion (€60 billion) under an existing lending program. The International Monetary Fund will pump in another $325 billion (€250 billion), for a total package of nearly $1 trillion.
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