When last July the Ministers of Economy and Finance of the Eurozone chose the Irish

Paschal Donohoe

as president of the Eurogroup, they knew exactly what they were doing.

It was not just a question of affinity, of north-south struggle, of hawks or doves.

Nor is the problem that the Spanish Nadia Calviño did not meet the necessary conditions.

The ministers wanted someone like Donohoe, a "consensus weaver," a conciliatory and friendly profile.

They wanted someone else on the line that d

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