Controversy: do we have to save the euro?

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Is it mandatory to save the Eurozone, no matter what the price? Are there other visions for Europe’s future?

Roger Bootle, executive director of the consultancy Capital Economics (London) and Andreas Krautscheid, member of the executive board of the German Banking Association, will discuss the pros and cons at the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s international conference Europe’s Common Future.

Here is what they have to say on this controversial issue.

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