Matt Frei
The French German liaison is still the key stone of Europe. To say otherwise is to be politically incorrect. And Germany still feels more comfortable leading from behind the French reports Matt Frei in Berlin.
As David Cameron prepares to meet Chancellor Merkel in Berlin on Friday, tensions between countries within the EU have rarely been higher – and UK-German relations are no exception.
President Napolitano has asked technocrat Mario Monti to form a new Italian government. Mr Monti said he wanted to work with the president to eliminate his “reservations” in accepting the post.
As Germany says the European Central Bank does not have “unlimited firepower” to come to the aid of indebted countries, an economist tells Channel 4 News it must do.
Sources in the EU say Germany and France are looking at a smaller eurozone, but economists tell Channel 4 News it will be a “Pandora’s box” and “the message from the Greek myth was do not open it”.
Gary Gibbon
When your PM comes away from a summit intended to sort out problems talking about “contingency planning” for some kind of Eurozone disaster you get the impression things didn’t go too well. Political editor Gary Gibbon reports from the G20 in Cannes
Gary Gibbon
It seems like the EU is saying “you can have your referendum if you must, but do it as quickly as possible (mid December) and we choose the question,” writes Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Only weeks ago, Germans were debating her leadership abilities. But with Germany placed to dominate Europe, has Chancellor Angela Merkel won over her detractors?
We track the repeat “crunch talks” which punctuate the eurozone debt crisis, as a global finance expert tells Channel 4 News Europe’s leaders are wrestling with an “ungovernable system”.
As EU leaders meet in Brussels to agree a debt rescue deal, Channel 4 News is told that Germans believe Chancellor Angela Merkel is “out of her depth”.
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.
As storm clouds gather around the euro, with European leaders meeting in Brussels to try to fix the crisis, Channel 4 News asks a leading economist what the future may hold.
Reports that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to resign in the next three months are denied by his office.
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.
Stock markets around the world drop as indebted Greece says it will miss its deficit reduction target.