German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejected both the expansion of a European bail-out fund and the creation of Euro-bonds to help end the debt crisis. An economic advisor to the German government says it was a mistake not to take action. European markets are down again this morning.
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