IRELAND, says the country's finance minister, Brian Lenihan, does not need a bail-out from the European Union, the IMF or anyone else, and it has not asked for one. But help is at hand, however Mr Lenihan describes it. On November 18th, after many nervous days for investors and European politicians (see Charlemagne), officials from the EU, the IMF and Ireland were due to begin what all sides call a “short and focused consultation” on how much help Ireland might need, and how soon. Many expect a bail-out package to be assembled within days.
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There have been calls for Britain to withdraw from the EU.
一直有人呼吁英国退出欧盟。
Britain, too, must work out what it wants from the EU.
英国也必须解决一个问题，即本国想从欧盟得到什么。
Walking away from the EU would not make either the club or its rules go away.
走出欧盟并不能摆脱它和它的规则的影响。
He adds that the global financial crisis has convinced many Irish people that they can benefit from being part of the EU.
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"It'll be a critical summit, from the point of keeping the EU together,keeping consensus that the EU should maintain leadership on this issue,"
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Since Barroso began as EU commission chief in 2004, the bloc has grown from 25 to 27 members, after Romania and Bulgaria came on board.
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