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Juncker: Greece offered example to Argentina

By Derek Gatopoulos
Published August 4, 2014 2:00pm ET
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Juncker: Greece offered example to Argentina
Jean-Claude Juncker, president-elect of the European Commission, left, waves to the media at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Juncker is visit Athens in his first trip since his election by the new European Parliament last month. He meets Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, a fellow conservative, to express support for the country's ongoing effort to make its public finances sustainable. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) | Thanassis Stavrakis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s recent efforts to get its public finances into shape could have been the model for recently defaulted Argentina to follow.

That’s the view of Jean-Claude Juncker, the man who is due to take over the European Union’s executive branch in November.

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