They have been emboldened by the success of the ECB's three-year bank loans in pushing down bond yields for troubled-but-solvent countries like Italy and Spain.

ECONOMIST: Rescuing Greece

The near-term measures that need to be approved by the summit are no secret: reduce Greece's mountainous debt, recapitalise vulnerable banks and create a credible firewall to protect endangered but still-solvent countries like Spain and Italy.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

As the critics allege, cost-benefit analysis works like a kind of universal solvent.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Many of the banks may still be from financially stronger countries like Germany and the Netherlands, suggesting that the split between the more solvent north of Europe and its weaker south remains.

BBC: ECB loans: European banks to repay early

After drying and being treated with another solvent, the polymer settles into a regular hexagonal pattern--a kind of plastic-like screen--on the crystalline surface.

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