Merkel turns the screw as Greece faces intense pressure to accept tough reforms and austerity measures
Tonight’s talks have been described as a “mental waterboarding” of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
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Tonight’s talks have been described as a “mental waterboarding” of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Latvia will become the second Baltic country, and the 18th overall, to join the EU’s single currency.
Bailouts! Deposit levies! Leaving the euro? It’s all been happening in the last ten days.
However, Antonis Samaras has ruled out Greece getting more funding from creditors.
More than 50 per cent of those surveyed said the economy would be better on its own.
Here’s a look at how the ripples of a Greek exit could spread across the global financial system.
The situation in Greece has led some to predict just how much any eurozone exit for the country might cost the rest of us. And it’s not cheap.
But analysts say the big test comes on Thursday, at Spain’s next debt auction.
Concerns build that Spain will follow Greece, Portugal and Ireland in needing a bailout.
Populist right-winger Geert Wilders has said the Netherlands should leave the euro – despite its triple-A credit rating.
Winning design comes from the Austrian Mint – Ireland will issue three million of the coins.
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It came in with a bang – will it end with a whimper?
In tonight’s Fix: ‘No referendum’ on EU deal; why some people want Ireland to change time zone; and how not to flee from the police…
The finance minister said the euro was a “firm and solid currency”, even ahead of last week’s landmark EU agreement.
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Amid market pressure on the single currency and a major EU summit to ease that pressure, read up on TheJournal.ie’s guide to why Ireland wants to keep the euro.
Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton says there is a “50-50 chance” of the matter being put to the Irish people. TheJournal.ie investigates if we are facing a referendum.
Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are due to present plans for a new EU treaty – but Britain is threatening to veto the proposals.
The euro is essential to our economy and our recovery – and we can’t be left out in the cold, writes Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton.
The eurozone is designed to help its strongest economies – and if this doesn’t change, Ireland needs out, writes Mike Hall.
Former EC president Jacques Delors says faults in the single currency were exposed when the global credit crunch struck.
France and Germany want updated treaties to create a greater fiscal union. Should Ireland be a part of that?
Angela Merkel sings from the same hymn sheet as Nicolas Sarkozy, but warns that the euro crisis will take “five years” to solve.
US president Barack Obama has weighed in with a call for EU countries to find a solution to the spiralling debt crisis.
After another turbulent week for the single currency we’re asking the big question today as to whether or not you think the euro can survive?
Angela Merkel tells delegates at her party’s conference that the European debt crisis is the greatest crisis for seven decades.
…and it involves the ECB, an interest rate cap and an end-point for bond market intervention.
President Traian Basescu has insisted that his country is committed to fulfilling the entry criteria for the single currency by 2015.