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Now playing Next Economy European shares struggle to hold ground as market fears grow An overnight slump in the Nikkei index in Japan of three percent brought storm clouds to the European markets on Tuesday following a tough Monday 06/01/2015
Now playing Next Economy EU summit agrees 300 billion euro fund to avert crisis EU leaders have agreed to launch an investment fund that could generate up to 300 billion euros to jump start the bloc’s sluggish economies and 19/12/2014
Now playing Next Economy Belgium bids to bring energy and internet projects online with EU boost 16/12/2014
Now playing Next Economy Juncker's colossal investment plan aims to 'kick-start' European economy 26/11/2014
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Now playing Next Economy 'We have to address some euro area design flaws' ECB's chief economist says 28/05/2014