Now she must decide whether she will return the favour in her approach to the crisis in the eurozone.

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But in the current stagnant global economy, it is unlikely Germany - or anyone else - will return the favour and help southern Europeans export their way to recovery.

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Canada will return the favour in Haiti.

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McAllister had been the early favourite to take the Scotland manager's job when Burley's predecessor Alex McLeish left but ruled himself out of the running in favour of a return to club football.

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Unionists say that the government somehow found a way of financing the return of thousands of Montenegrins from abroad who were in favour of independence.

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I'll do you a great favour, but only if you don't return the compliment.

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In return they would either get a share of the spoils or simply have the favour returned.

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There is a nostalgia for the Deutschmark, but not a majority in favour of a return to it.

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