Blog posts tagged "Eurozone"

December 9, 2011 7:54 am 74 Comments

Cameron's emphasis on his own veto did not obscure the reality that 17 Euro members, plus some half a dozen aspirant members, have agreed a much tighter fiscal regime, trading significant areas of sovereignty to achieve it.

December 5, 2011 10:01 am 25 Comments

Perhaps the time has indeed come to put to the public Britain's role in the continent, writes Jon SNow.

November 10, 2011 2:59 pm 68 Comments

We've seen in the past how panic can lead to currency runs, banks locking their doors and triggering social unrest. That's why in the aftermath of war Europe was born as a politico/trading entity from which the euro child, too, was eventually born. In the meantime our exports to the eurozone will be hit as member states dwindle into recession.

October 26, 2011 5:46 pm 6 Comments

Blogging as leaders meet for the eurozone crisis summit, Jon Snow writes that "it's an incredible shambles here in Brussels".

8:26 am 3 Comments

Heading to Brussels for today's crucial eurozone summit, Jon Snow blogs that he cannot remember in his lifetime a financial crisis as bad as the present one.

June 23, 2011 8:17 am 61 Comments

Jon Snow on how the Greek financial crisis has the potential to affect every man, woman and child in the UK.