water down
- v make less strong or intense
- v thin by adding water to
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- Europe unable to break impasse on who pays when banks fail
By John O'Donnell, Robin Emmott and Ingrid Melander LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Europe failed to agree on how to share the cost of bank collapses on Saturday, as Germany resisted attempts by France to water down rules designed to spare taxpayers in future crises. Almost 20 hours of talks late into the night could not forge a way for countries to set up an EU-wide regime that would first impose losses ...
June 22, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - EU Unable to Break Impasse on Who Pays When Banks Fail
Europe failed to agree on how to share the cost of bank collapses on Saturday, as Germany resisted attempts by France to water down rules designed to spare taxpayers in future crises.
June 22, 2013 - CNBC