The European Central Bank (ECB) will hold an emergency meeting this Wednesday morning, a week after announcing a tightening of monetary policy to combat inflation, which led to an increase in the gap in borrowing costs between the States. from the euro zone.

"The Governing Council will hold an ad hoc meeting this Wednesday to

discuss current market conditions

," an ECB spokesman told AFP.

ECB officials have already insisted that they are ready to intervene urgently if the risk of fragmentation of the sovereign debt market increases, but many observers have lamented the

lack of a concrete solution presented by the institution.

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