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The man who capped the banks

Cospokes person of the European Green Party Philippe Lamberts speaks during an election rally of the Greek ecologists green party ahead of the May 6 parliamentary elections in Thessaloniki on May 4, 2012. mpaigning ended in Greece Friday for an election that could determine the country's place in the eurozone and the future of a debt crisis that has swept across Europe. ©AFP

Belgian Green MEP took on financiers over bonuses and won

Martin Wolf from COMMENT 6:35pm

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