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EU: /ECB: Per RTRS, earlier on Sunday: ": It is better for European Union

leaders to agree an ambitious financial aid package for the bloc rather than to

have a quick deal at any cost, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde

said on Sunday. "Ideally, the leaders' agreement should be ambitious in terms of

size and composition of the package, broadly along the lines of what has been

proposed by the Commission," Lagarde told Reuters. "From my perspective, it's

better to agree on an ambitious facility along these lines, even if it takes a

bit more time. I would hope that the leaders agree on something that's ambitious

rather than fast."