Gary Gibbon
Growth, Plan B and the eurozone
The government is wrestling with a package of growth measures it would like to announce before the Summer recess. There are internal battles over the scale of all this and some of the content.
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Eurozone members must plan for Greek exit says EU
As David Cameron tells MPs that Europe must be prepared for Greece leaving the single currency, eurozone officials call for contingency planning to start.
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Gary Gibbon
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Faisal Islam
Five types of Drachmail ‘tearing the eurozone apart’
I see five types of euro-related blackmail going on that will determine Greece’s fate in the eurozone. What might be called “Drachmail”.
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The eurozone, the ant and the grasshopper
Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis writes for Channel 4 News about why the euro crisis should not simply be seen through the prism of a famous Aesop fable.
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Faisal Islam
Eurozone reaches its Lehman moment as Germany ‘insults’ Greece
As the Greek president hits back at criticisms of his country from the EU, it looks like the Greek deal could be unravelling.
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Eurozone ministers drop Greece bailout meeting
Eurozone finance ministers drop plans for a face-to-face meeting about Greece’s new international bailout, saying party leaders in Athens have failed to provide the required commitment to reform.
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Protests in Greece as eurozone demands cuts
A 48-hour nationwide strike against austerity measures hits Greece as eurozone finance ministers set out tough new conditions for the country’s 130bn euro bailout.
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‘Show us the colour of your money’ Osborne tells eurozone
Chancellor George Osborne says Britain will contribute more to the IMF as it comes to the aid of struggling EU countries, but only if the eurozone takes action to deal with its debt crisis.
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Biggest ECB cash injection eases eurozone jitters
Fears of another credit crunch are eased slightly as banks take up almost 490bn euros in loans from the European Central Bank.
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Fitch: It’s too late to solve eurozone crisis
France dodges downgrade but credit agency says it’s too late for a comprehensive solution to the sovereign debt crisis as other countries’ ratings slide.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris adds to Dave’s eurozone bother
The prime minister’s in a bind: on the one hand, the potential collapse of the euro without radical intervention from eurozone ministers; on the other, prominent Tory rebellions and calls for Europe referendums. What next, asks Gary Gibbon.
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Gary Gibbon
Eurozone: what is Cameron’s next move?
David Cameron is clear that he can’t stand in the way of the 17 Eurozone countries trying to sort themselves out in Brussels on Thursday/Friday. He’s also clear that he can’t come home on Friday with nothing to show for his acquiescence in a treaty change. His backbenchers will be “checking his bags at customs” one senior Tory said. How to square that?
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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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Eurozone ‘flawed’ from beginning says Delors
The eurozone was flawed from the beginning according to Jacques Delors, one of the architects of the single currency. He says that efforts to tackle its problems have so far been too little too late.
