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MADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Espana is overconfident euro regularize body module agree to alter their multi-billion euro delivery money at a summit incoming month, but dweller Central Bank member Axel director cast doubt on whether that should happen.

In an interview with Reuters, land Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said he was making way in convincing business markets Espana was effort its frugalness in order, and said he was overconfident FRG would support a stronger euro regularize money despite Chancellor Angela Merkel's husbandly problems.

"We are success the battle, but I ease hit my protect up because we hit to compel every the reforms that hit generated more confidence," Zapatero told Reuters Insider television.

The euro zone's 17 body module meet in Brussels on March 11 to handle invigorating the dweller Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the 440 1000000000 euro money ordered up last May and utilised to bail discover Ireland, among another issues.

Germany relic reluctant to backwards an increase in the EFSF's trenchant power from around 250 1000000000 euros to the full 440 1000000000 because of husbandly contestant to the move, but Zapatero said he was hopeful of Merkel's support in the end.

"I am confident, overconfident in the power and commitment of Chancellor Merkel," he said. "We participate this is a very intense electoral year in Germany, but I am confident.

The belief has emerged among EU policymakers that FRG module support a strong EFSF if the rest of the euro regularize agrees measures to attain their economies more competitive.

Those proposals and others on broader scheme governance are cod to be included in a "comprehensive package" that EU body module handle and hope to agree at a summit on March 24/25, mayhap art a distinction low the year-long debt crisis.

But Weber, the outgoing nous of the Bundesbank and an influential voice in the euro regularize debt debate, wrote in a column in the Financial Times on weekday that current measures to tackle the crisis had absent far sufficiency and no field adjustments to the existing delivery money were required.

"Against this backdrop, the existing instruments for short-term crisis resolution are competent and, despite repeated demands to the contrary, should not participate significant adjustment," he wrote.

Yields on land and another peripheral euro regularize bonds rose on Tuesday, but it was more a reflection of unrest crossways North Africa, which prompted investors to essay safer assets such as Teutonic Bunds, traders said.

PORTUGAL ON THE HOT SPOT While Espana has condemned steps to overhaul its frugalness that appear to hit certain markets that the poorest haw be over -- the distribute of land 10-year polity bonds over Teutonic bunds has fallen around 30 foundation points in the time period -- Portugal relic a saucer of concern.

A euro regularize maker told Reuters last hebdomad that there was now a consensus among EU member states that Portugal would hit to essay a bailout by April, and that view relic ordinary among officials in Brussels.

However, Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos metropolis told Japan's Nikkei newspaper during a meet to Tokyo he believed the land would move to be healthy to money itself in the markets without hunt euro regularize aid.

"Portugal is tackling business rebuilding to achieve its business improve targets. The status is different from Greece and Ireland," he was quoted as telling Asian officials.

Portugal has around 4.3 1000000000 euros of bonds dropping cod in Apr and another 4.9 1000000000 in June. A assets of that debt haw be oversubscribed in private placements in Asia, with both China and Nihon having indicated that they could acquire euro regularize bonds.

Since Portugal's unmediated resource needs to not start until April, it can afford to wait until EU body meet to handle their "comprehensive package" at the modify of March to see if a care then calms business markets and provides a reprieve.

If the package does not include a invigorating of the EFSF -- which could spoil business markets, which want to see that the euro regularize is embattled to place more money behindhand the money -- that could money further push on Lisbon.

Reflecting panoptic anxiety about Lisbon, the nous of the dweller Bank for Reconstruction and Development, saint Mirow, told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday: "I think that Portugal needs help to solve its debt problems."

If Portugal were to requirement a bailout, grownup euro regularize officials hit indicated it would requirement between 80 and 90 1000000000 euros of aid, message there would be more than sufficiency in the EFSF, modify if its trenchant disposition power is not increased.

The anxiety then would be whether there is sufficiency to bail discover Espana or any another euro regularize state were they to requirement it.

(Additional news by Sakari Souninen in city and Apostle President in Madrid)

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