Dragon slaying and reforming the euro

摘要

Confronting an array of vicious beasts and hostile armies is par for the course for Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm as Holland holds the six-month presidency of the European Union. The bespectacled Mr Zalm moves his armies over land and sea, seeking natural resources and treasures to increase his wealth, but he will need to tear himself away from his computer game, Heroes of Might and Magic IV, and confront a thorny issue like the Stability and Growth Pact and Nicolas Sarkozy, his counterpart in France, who has stated that cooperation between France, Germany, England, Poland, Italy and Spain will lead the EU forward.