BRUSSELS, May 9 (Reuters) - Germany wants the rest of the European Union to agree to limit any loan guarantees for debt-stricken euro zone states to a maximum of 500 billion euros ($671 billion), EU sources said on Sunday.
The sources said the executive European Commission wanted EU finance ministers to agree at talks in Brussels to much larger-than-expected sums to protect euro zone member states, but Germany was asking for a limit to be placed on the amount.
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The sources said the executive European Commission wanted EU finance ministers to agree at talks in Brussels to much larger-than-expected sums to protect euro zone member states, but Germany was asking for a limit to be placed on the amount.
(Reporting by Ilona Wissenbach, editing by Dale Hudson) ($1=.7453 euro) Keywords: EU GREECE/GERMANY (Brussels newsroom +32 2 287 6841, fax +32 2 230 5573) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.