Southern europe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

One of a number of posters created by the Economic Cooperation Administration to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This is a good story and well worth a read. Check it out!

EU eases hard line on austerity – FT.com.

Personally, I think there are three bigger challenges:

• Increasing demand in Europe, especially in Germany
• Increasing investment in Southern Europe with a type of Marshall Plan
• Increasing availability of cost effective finance to small businesses

Any thoughts?

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