Slovak parliament ratifies eurozone bailout fund | Inquirer Business

Slovak parliament ratifies eurozone bailout fund

/ 11:18 PM October 13, 2011

BRATISLAVA—Slovak lawmakers on Thursday approved an increase in the eurozone’s EFSF bailout fund to 440 billion euros ($600 billion), which is now fully ratified as the other eurozone members approved it earlier.

Slovakia, the last country in the 17-member eurozone to vote on the fund designed to help debt-mired eurozone states, held a second vote after a failed attempt to push it through parliament on Tuesday also toppled the center-right government.

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