It’s not about Greece any more – it’s Italy’s backdoor bailout
Is the eurozone on the brink? Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam is in Brussels.
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Only weeks ago, Germans were debating her leadership abilities. But with Germany placed to dominate Europe, has Chancellor Angela Merkel won over her detractors?
As Angela Merkel warns of a threat to peace in Europe and fighting breaks out in the Italian parliament, leaders have met in Brussels to seek a way out of the eurozone financial crisis.
Is the eurozone on the brink? Channel 4 News Economics Editor Faisal Islam is in Brussels.
Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King tells MPs measures adopted at the eurozone summit will only provide “a year or possibly two years’ breathing space” and the underlying problems remain.
French banks can “withstand whatever development” the country’s central bank chief Christian Noyer tells economics editor Faisal Islam.
George Osborne tells Channel 4 News that building the resources of the IMF should not substitute the eurozone building their own bailout funds, as Europe comes under pressure at the G20 in Paris.
At the G20 meeting in Europe, the emerging economies appear so fed up with the damage done to global economic confidence by the festering euro crisis, that they might just be about to take matters into their own hands.
Stock markets around the world drop as indebted Greece says it will miss its deficit reduction target.
Greece is just one problem. The bigger picture is that markets seem to have factored in the expectation of a Super-Bazooka once Germany ratifies the EFSF.
Germany’s parliament backs Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bill to extend the euro bailout scheme in one of the toughest challenges yet to her authority.
As inspectors arrive in Greece to discuss bailing out the country’s economy, the president of the European Commission says the EU is facing the biggest challenge in its history.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou says he will do what is necessary to deal with his country’s economic crisis, which is threatening to spill over into other European states.
What would happen if Europe’s bailout fund runs out? Channel 4 News charts the funds that could be needed by struggling eurozone countries – the pot could be left empty if Spain gets help.
Stock exchanges are braced for another potentially turbulent week amid reports of a 3tr euro bailout package.
Economics Editor Faisal Islam writes on why the plan to save the Euro in six weeks may actually only have six days.