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Europe's €500 billion crisis fund, seated in Luxembourg, searches for a new mission

With no bailout in sight, the Luxembourg-based European Stability Mechanism is weighing crisis prevention and even defence financing — while a reform to complete the banking union stays stuck in Rome.

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