EU’s Barroso hopes Slovak solution found for EFSF vote
Slovakia is the only one of the euro zone’s 17 members yet
to approve an increase in the EFSF’s powers.Its fallen ruling coalition was preparing a new vote on the
EFSF on Thursday after forging a deal with the leftist
opposition. The vote is intended to end a standoff over the
fund, which is designed to stop the spread of the euro zone’s
sovereign debt crisis.