In theory, this means that the rescue fund's power could be magnified several times.
Germany belatedly accepted the need for the rescue fund to be larger and more flexible.
The rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), is far too small to be credible.
She did not block a debate, due in March, on enlarging the euro's rescue fund.
He wants a bigger European rescue fund (firewall) and for banks to be re-capitalised.
From 1 July the eurozone will have a permanent rescue fund, in the European Stability Mechanism.
What fuelled this week's stockmarket rally were rumours of a huge rescue fund for Latin American currencies.
He's also called for a government rescue fund for millions of other homeowners at risk of foreclosure.
What Madrid would like is for its banks to borrow directly from the rescue fund - the EFSF.
It remains the case that saving Italy is probably too big a task for Europe's permanent rescue fund.
For France he is an ally in his demands that Germany do more (eg, enlarge the rescue fund).
And where is the rescue fund or firewall to prevent the Greek crisis spreading to Italy and Spain?
Second, there is growing confusion about what the revamped rescue fund should do.
Resistance from creditor countries, mainly Germany, constrains the rescue fund and the ECB.
This could taint France, which finances the rescue fund and has recently seen its AAA credit rating come under threat.
The details of the second Greek bail-out were left vague and, even if boosted, the euro's rescue fund was still inadequate.
Pool the reserves issued to each country by the IMF (special drawing rights) to boost the euro zone's underpowered rescue fund?
In the end it comes back to wanting Germany to take on Europe's debts and to bankroll further the rescue fund.
In particular, it failed to increase further the lending capacity of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the single currency's rescue fund.
Her Social Democratic opposition challenges the constitutionality of the rescue fund, which is the cornerstone of any plan to end the crisis.
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Moreover, if the money comes from the European Stability Mechanism, the EU's permanent rescue fund, it will be senior to ordinary government bonds.
In a move toward fiscal unity, EU leaders agreed to authorize a permanent rescue fund and impose losses on creditors in some cases.
If imprudent economies seek cash from the rescue fund, they will have to import discipline from a body that specialises in imposing it.
The euro area also has its temporary rescue fund, which will lend the Spanish government the initial sum of money for the banks.
Europe's main rescue fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), does not have enough money to withstand a run on Italy and Spain.
She was speaking as the Bundestag began debating the new powers that will be given to the EFSF, the EU's main rescue fund.
Prime Minister George Papandreou was in Berlin last week before German lawmakers ratified changes to the European Financial Stability Facility, the euro rescue fund.
He wants the bloc's permanent rescue fund (the ESM) to be given a banking licence so it can borrow directly from the European Central Bank.
They also won a concession that the rescue fund could be used to buy government bonds without well-behaved countries having to accept new austerity conditions.
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