Most important, the fund was broadly accepted by victims of the attacks, even though many of them were critical at first.

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Within the hour it was announced that Italy, having refused money from the International Monetary Fund, had accepted IMF "surveillance" of its public finances.

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Germany belatedly accepted the need for the rescue fund to be larger and more flexible.

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