Michel Barnier, financial services commissioner for the European Union (EU), pauses during a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. EU finance ministers hailed progress made in talks in Brussels on creating a system for handling failing euro-area banks, while offering few specifics about their advances. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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