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Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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Jean-Claude Juncker
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 9
Former Prime Minister Of Luxembourg
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