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Sunday, May. 20, 2012 |  Syndicate content

Irish deputy PM sees Greece sticking with euro

Page last updated at 10:48 GMT, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 15:48 EST

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MSN Philippines News:

Ireland's deputy prime minister, Eamon Gilmore, voiced confidence Wednesday that Greece would keep the euro, saying that speculation it would exit the single-currency bloc is "not helpful."

"The euro is here to stay. I believe that all countries that are part of the euro will remain in the union," Gilmore said at a private event in Washington organized by the Brookings Institution.

"And frankly it's not helpful from political figures in Europe to speculate over whether any country might exit or not," he added.

Gilmore, who is also Ireland's foreign minister, said he "naturally" understands why that type of speculation occurs, but insisted "the priority for European leaders and member states which are part of the eurozone is to make sure that the eurozone is stable."

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