BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) finance ministers have reached a deal to relax much-flouted budget rules that underpin the euro, bowing to Germany's key demand that its hefty unification costs be excused.
“A small miracle has happened,” Finnish Finance Minister Antti Kalliomaki said after nearly 12 hours of emergency talks in which Germany secured special treatment for the billions it pumps into the former communist east each year.
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