Europe mulls major step toward "fiscal union"
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BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - When Jean-Claude Trichet called last June for the creation of a European finance ministry with power over national budgets, the idea seemed fanciful, a distant dream that would take years or even decades to realize, if it ever came to be.
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By Noah Barkin and Daniel Flynn
BERLIN/PARIS
Mon Jun 4, 2012 8:04am EDT
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