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• OECD Says Germany Needs Electricians, Plumbers to Bolster Growth

  Germany needs to do more to attract qualified professionals from abroad to remain competitive and avoid a drag on economic growth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report.

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  Leterme Urges EU Bank Plan Before Talks on Deeper Writedowns of Greek Debt

  European leaders need a strategy for shoring up banks before plunging into the “sensitive” question of deeper-than-planned writedowns on Greek debt, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said.

• Belgium’s Leterme Says EU Needs Bank Plan Before Weighing Greek Writedowns

  European leaders need a strategy for shoring up banks before plunging into the “sensitive” question of deeper-than-planned writedowns on Greek debt, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said.

• Belgium’s Leterme Appointed Deputy Secretary-General of OECD

  Belgium’s caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme was appointed deputy secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

• Belgian King Seeks to Prevent Government From Collapsing in Time of Crisis

  King Albert II sought to prevent Belgium’s government from collapsing, urging Prime Minister Yves Leterme to make a new effort to stay in power at a time of economic and social crisis.

• Leterme Bars ‘Blind’ Asset Sales, Cites Belgacom Dividends

  Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme ruled out a policy of “blindly” privatizing state-owned assets as a way of cutting the country’s debt.

• Leterme Says It’s Essential for Markets Summit Make Decisions

  Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said it’s crucial that tonight’s European debt-crisis summit yield decisions. “Before the opening of the markets tomorrow, I think it’s fundamental that this happens,” he said before the meeting. “I think we’ll have a fundamental solution for Greece.”

• Belgium’s Leterme Sees Di Rupo Ready With Budget by End October

  Elio Di Rupo, the president of Belgium’s French-speaking Socialist Party, and his coalition negotiators may be ready with a 2012 budget by the end of October, caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme said in an interview on Radio 1.

• Belgium Rules Out Tax Rises, Benefit Cuts, Leterme Tells Zondag

  Belgium’s budget for 2011 will contain “no tax increases and no cuts in benefits, child benefits or pensions,” De Zondag reported, citing an interview with Prime Minister Yves Leterme .

• Belgium’s Leterme Meets Investors in London to Boost Confidence

  Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme is in London to promote Belgium as a place to invest and boost confidence among investors in the country that has failed to form a government more than a year after elections.

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• "It is very important now for both the euro zone and the global economy that the shift can be made from tackling the problem of sovereign debt and of bank capitalization, shift from these two problems towards growth-enhancing policies."

  - Yves Leterme on Jul 09, 2012

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