Prodi Says Europe Hurt by Too Much Austerity Amid Very High Euro

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Former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said fiscal austerity measures in Europe have been excessive and called the euro too high.

“The euro has a very high rate of exchange,” Prodi, a former European Commission president, said in an interview with Sara Eisen airing on Bloomberg Television today. “I do think that it’s stronger than needed.”