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Slovakia's largest opposition party cleared the way for changes that add more firepower to the euro zone's $600 billion bailout fund.

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After falling sharply in early trade, bank stocks recovered ground amid signs that Slovakia's parliament, which on Tuesday rejected an amendment of the euro-zone rescue fund, will vote again on the changes Thursday.

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Business & Finance *** Slovakia's parliament will vote to endorse the amended European Financial Stability Facility, the euro zone's rescue fund, by Friday at the latest, the largest opposition party said.

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Between 1999 and 2001, the liquidation and restructuring of Slovakia's publicly and privately owned banks cost the economy between 11% and 15% of GDP, leaving the banking sector almost completely in the hands of foreign owners.

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But for the most part it worked, and Slovakia's financial system emerged stronger than it was before.

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Photo: REUTERS/Petr Josek Slovakia's largest opposition party, after a bit of parliamentary gamesmanship, cleared the way Wednesday for the country to endorse changes to the €440 billion $600 billion euro-zone bailout fund that European political leaders have deemed essential to the bloc's efforts to beat back the sovereign-debt crisis.

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But investors focused instead on the fact that the changes couldn't take effect because they needed ratification by the currency union's 17 national parliaments, some of which, like Slovakia's, seemed likely to oppose them.

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Last October Slovakia's center-right coalition government, which includes the conservative Slovak Christian Democratic Union party, or SDKU-DS, co-chaired by Mr. Miklos, lost a parliamentary vote of confidence over its support for increasing the bailout fund for Greece.

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Slovakia's rickety right-of-center coalition government split on the issue—the leading coalition party was in favor; a junior coalition party opposed.

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