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On 6 February 1990, Bundesbank President Karl Otto Pöhl announced after meeting with colleagues from the GDR State Bank that it was too early to talk about a currency union.
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6 февраля 1990 года президент Бундесбанка (ЦБ ФРГ) Карл Отто Пель после встречи с коллегами из Госбанка ГДР объявил, что говорить о валютном союзе рано.
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