<div>ECB's crisis plan reduces fragmentation risks to euro area - French minister</div> <!-- no image --> <div>The European Central Bank's new bond purchase scheme will help reduce the risk of fragmentation between euro zone states, France's finance minister said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WjDJmiJs7mM:x_2C9XJ7jnM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WjDJmiJs7mM:x_2C9XJ7jnM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WjDJmiJs7mM:x_2C9XJ7jnM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=WjDJmiJs7mM:x_2C9XJ7jnM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=WjDJmiJs7mM:x_2C9XJ7jnM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/WjDJmiJs7mM" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters