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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she leaves after their meeting at the Elysee palace on December 5, 2011 in Paris
Thursday, Dec. 08, 2011

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  • ANGELA MERKEL and NICOLAS SARKOZY,
  • the leaders of Germany and France, unveiling their radical new proposals to stabilize the euro, including a financial tax that could put them on a collision course with Britain
Photo: ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP / Getty Images | Source: The Guardian