EU to Dilute Timeline for Euro-Area Overhaul, Draft Shows

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European Union leaders are set to dilute the timeline for overhauling the euro zone, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel steps on the brakes.

A draft statement for tomorrow’s EU summit drops a three-stage timetable that would commit euro leaders to consider as of 2014 paying into a budget to help absorb economic shocks.