Portuguese president calls for larger central bank role in euro crisis

Portuguese president calls for larger central bank role in euro crisis

View Photo Gallery —  The 17-nation euro zone is beset by fissures between strong economies such as Germany and weaker ones such as Greece, Ireland and Portugal, which risk being engulfed by historic levels of government debt.

Demonstrators march past the Colosseum during a strike in Rome on Sept. 6, 2011. With President Silvio Berlusconi's government under increasing pressure to produce credible measures to balance the budget, a strike by Italy's largest labor union against an austerity package shut down air, land and sea transport, stalled manufacturing and curtailed government services throughout the country.

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