COPENHAGEN: Eurozone finance ministers reached a landmark deal to raise their debt firewall to more than US$1 trillion, as a budget crisis in Spain underlined the need for firm defences.
Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter left a key meeting in Copenhagen to brief reporters on an agreement raising the eurozone firewall to “in total, over 800 billion euros” (US$1.07 trillion).
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