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"I think that for eurozone countries it should be mandatory but for the other member states there should be the possibility of voluntarily opting in. I think Bulgaria has an interest to opt in," Minister Simeon Djankov said in interview for WAZ.EUobserver.

He pointed out that this and last year some non-euro members, namely Romania and Hungary, needed help and the eurozone reacted.

A European Union summit on December 16-17 is expected to agree to establish a permanent crisis-resolution mechanism for indebted euro-area countries.

EU leaders are likely to back the limited treaty changes needed to allow the mechanism to be set up from 2013 to stabilize the euro.

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