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Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago to endorse plans to hand over command of combat operations in Afghanistan by the middle of next year – as President Obama declares the war is effectively over.
Matt Frei
The irony is that just as the world’s embattled leaders stand increasingly accused of being out of touch they closet themselves away more and more, writes Channel 4 News Washington Correspondent Matt Frei.
With Greece in turmoil, Spanish banks under pressure and the future of the euro at stake, Channel 4 News looks at five approaches to managing a possible break-up of the single currency.
Amid fears that Greece may be on the verge of leaving the euro, a senior EU commissioner tells Channel 4 News that there are no preparations for an exit.
Gary Gibbon
Political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on the less than positive reaction to David Cameron’s interventions on Europe.
Greece sets the date for fresh elections next month and will form a caretaker government, after talks aimed at forming a coalition failed.
Negotiations continue on Tuesday to resolve the turmoil in Greece. Despite little optimism that a coalition government will be formed, an influential adviser tells Channel 4 News that all is not lost.
Right now the algebra in Greece seems to make any sort of government impossible. That means even more elections, writes Faisal Islam from Athens.
From Greece to France, from Britain to Italy, the message seems clear. Voters have had enough of the politics of austerity, enough of economic pain. But is there a realistic alternative?
With voters in Greece, France and Italy using elections to reject austerity, Channel 4 News looks at what happens next and whether a break-up of the eurozone is now on the cards.
The German chancellor vows to work with France’s new socialist president-elect Francois Hollande but insists the fiscal compact that commits eurozone governments to austerity is non-negotiable.
One of the reasons Labour gave for Boris Johnson’s victory in London was the advantage of incumbency – the idea that voters tend naturally to give politicians a second term in office. It was also one of the reasons Labour’s hope of making David Cameron a “one term” Prime Minister has always seemed a very uphill struggle. But after the defeat of Sarkozy in France Conservatives might well be wondering if incumbency is all it is cracked up to be.
Jon Snow
A tremendous air of excitement here in Paris. Even before getting here, it was clear that French society is profoundly different from our own. But it’s not just France that’s voting today, but Greece and Serbia.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande, France’s two presidential candidates, both talk of change – but what they are actually engaged in, blogs Jonathan Rugman, is the business of preservation.
As the French go to the polls, President Sarkozy is blaming his waning popularity on the financial crisis, austerity measures, and a media “alliance” with Socialist front-runner François Hollande.