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...Mr Thomsen said on Thursday that the €35bn mechanism to facilitate government-guaranteed bond issuance by the banks was no different from that used in other bail-outs....
...Poul Thomsen, deputy director of the IMF’s European department, said the ECB had taken “the right decision”....
...Poul Thomsen, deputy director of the IMF’s European department, said Greece could return to markets once confidence in the programme had built-up....
...“I do feel that this is a defining moment for Greek society, that there is a need for a fundamental structural change,” says Poul Thomsen, the IMF official who led negotiations on the country’s bail-out....
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