French President Francois Hollande called on Europe's leaders to make
serious headway in introducing measures to ease the pressure on
countries such as Spain.
Speaking at a press conference following
talks in Madrid Thursday with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy,
Hollande urged politicians to use the next European Union summit on Oct
19. "to make decisions concerning the eurozone, lasting decisions."
"We've been putting off choices for too long, and we've let doubt take hold."
Hollande
was referring to delays in introducing measures agreed at a summit in
June to grant countries easier access to bailout money and set up a
single banking regulator that could take the burden of bank bailouts off
national governments.
The French leader's remarks came as the
financial problems of Spain's regional governments put the country under
even greater pressure to ask for a bailout.
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