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Summary
Euro/dollar is trading around the highest levels of 2017. We run through the politics in the old continent, as things are cautiously moving in the right direction. Also monetary moves and US politics seem to support further rises. Nevertheless, things can always go sour. The euro-zone has been limping from crisis to crisis, but Spring hopes are stronger now.
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