Gary Gibbon
Five days to save the euro / buy the euro some months?
After the Merkel/Sarkozy press conference we have an outline of the Brussels deal and you get the impression that Germany has pretty well got its way over France.
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Saving the euro – anatomy of a deal
“Deal to save euro – Britain isolated as usual” – that’s how France and Germany want the Brussels summit reported. Channel 4 News looks at what has been agreed.
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UK goes solo as EU forges ahead
Have David Cameron’s actions in Europe isolated the UK politically? One German MEP tells Channel 4 News: “They’ve asked too much and got nothing.”
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Brussels summit ‘will not resolve euro crisis’
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy may believe they have found a solution to the eurozone debt crisis – but economists are not convinced, Channel 4 News finds.
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EU leaders prepare for last chance summit
Angela Merkel says EU leaders have a “duty” to come to an agreement ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, as the European Central Bank drops interest rates to try and rescue EU banks.
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European financial tax – is the City worth saving?
As David Cameron trades blows with other European leaders over a financial transactions tax, Channel 4 News asks if the City should be protected.
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Senior tories warn EU treaty reform will require referendum
Two senior conservatives warn that a redrawn eurozone would make a referendum inevitable, despite the prime minister’s pledge to veto any EU reform plans that fail to protect UK financial interests.
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Eurozone downgrade threat – investors respond
As a ratings agency threatens to downgrade not only France and Germany but the eurozone bailout fund itself, Channel 4 News looks at how investors are reacting and what it could mean.
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Ratings agency warns of eurozone downgrade
Ratings agency Standard and Poor’s warns it is considering downgrading the euro bailout facility itself after suggesting similar moves for many eurozone countries amid the ongoing financial turmoil.
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Gary Gibbon
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‘Single currency doomed in current form’
As Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel discuss the eurozone debt crisis in Paris, an economist tells Channel 4 News the single currency cannot survive in its present form.
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France and Germany have broken borrowing rules
As France and Germany push for sanctions for eurozone members who break borrowing limits, Channel 4 News can reveal that both countries are among the worst offenders.
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France and Germany ‘want new Euro treaty’
After key talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy says Europe needs a new treaty – as six Euro countries face credit downgrade.
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‘Disastrous’ bond sale shakes Germany
Germany sees extremely poor demand for a new bond sale suggesting that confidence in the eurozone’s ability to pull through its debt crisis is starting to threaten even Berlin.
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‘Change course, Germany, or risk eurozone collapse’
With David Cameron and Angela Merkel at loggerheads, an economist tells Channel 4 News that the German approach to the debt crisis could lead to the break-up of the eurozone.
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Faisal Islam
Europe’s central bankers spurn Cameron’s debt advice
When David Cameron travels to Berlin to meet Chancellor Merkel, top of the agenda will be coaxing the European Central Bank in Frankfurt to act as last resort lender to the Eurozone’s troubled nations reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
