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Europe debt crisis plan hinges on economic growth
They're right to be talking about growth, because unless they get the economy going and arrest this slide into a slump, there's no chance of getting public finances across the union under control," added Simon Tilford, chief economist at the CER. But "it's not so far showing up in terms of a change in strategy."The world's richest trading bloc, the EU, is now asking poorer countries to help ease its pain. "It smacks of desperation," Tilford said.