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EU eyes Spain deficit deadline extension

Commission lays ground for stand-off with France

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From GLOBAL ECONOMY 11:55am

Lending to eurozone private sector slows

Data underline economic gloom across much of the region

From MARKETS 11:20am

Demand falls short at Italy debt auction

Haven rush drives down UK, German and US borrowing costs

From UK 10:40pm

Financial troika runs euro crash tests

UK disaster recovery plans are going into overdrive

Bankia ©AP From GLOBAL ECONOMY 9:30pm

ECB rejects Madrid plan to boost Bankia

Sovereign injection could break EU funding rules

David Humphries illustration ©David Humphries Martin Wolf from COMMENT 7:35pm

The riddle of German self-interest

The fate of Europe hangs on choices to be made in Berlin

From MARKETS May 29, 2012

Warning lights flash red over Spain

Rising bond yields and Bankia rescue heighten bailout concerns

From COMMENT May 28, 2012

This is a fiscal straitjacket for Ireland, not a union

Weak countries are being punished when they most need help, writes David McWilliams

Wolfgang Munchau from COMMENT May 27, 2012

How to build a fiscal union to save the eurozone

European leaders paused to think. But they may have left it too late

From COMMENT May 27, 2012

Only a new political order can rescue Greece

The electorate is livid at being led by those who dishonestly caused the problem, writes Pavlos Eleftheriadis

Global Insight from WORLD May 27, 2012

Case for Irish Yes is a hard sell

No one really wants to risk Ireland’s position in Europe

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT May 25, 2012

You wanted brave, Mr Draghi? Meet Mr Sarrazin

Two men have won adulation for their new ways of thinking about the eurozone crisis

From COMMENT May 25, 2012

Europe raises spectre of an ungovernable world

Co-operation in the EU is suffocating domestic political institutions, writes Mark Mazower

Samuel Brittan from COMMENT May 24, 2012

A new Europe of competing currencies

Unused needs and unused hands cannot exist side by side indefinitely

From COMMENT May 23, 2012

We must break up the failing euro

All 17 eurozone members should decide to revert to their national currencies, writes Martin Jacomb

From MARKETS 7:18pm

Euro hits 22-month low on risk aversion

Swiss franc recovers from SNB intervention comments

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 29, 2012

Time slips by for Monti’s reform

Investors wary about elections due early next year

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 29, 2012

German inflation fall boosts ECB options

Drop gives central bank more scope to cut interest rates

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 8:46pm

Madrid in ‘game of chicken’ with EU

Spain determined to avoid being forced into bailout

From WORLD May 29, 2012

EU voters give thumbs down to integration

Survey of 8,000 people reveals doubt around European project

From COMPANIES May 28, 2012

Spain says help not needed to save banks

Rajoy defiant over €19bn Bankia rescue

From WORLD May 28, 2012

Greek banks receive €18bn transfer

Recapitalisation agreed as part of second international bailout

From UK May 28, 2012

Cameron in eurozone contingency talks

King and Turner meet prime minister

From MARKETS May 28, 2012

Spanish bonds hit by Bankia bailout fears

Market sentiment eroded by worries over banking system

From MARKETS May 28, 2012

Funds cut exposure to eurozone banks

Spain’s banking system at centre of storm

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 28, 2012

Euro slide could bring timely fillip

Export potential implies plus for growth

From WORLD May 27, 2012

Swiss eye capital controls if Greece goes

Franc faces heavy demand from investors

From WORLD May 27, 2012

Draft EU report attacks Italy on economy

Government has not done enough to combat tax evasion

From COMPANIES May 25, 2012

HSBC chief urges EU bank bailout scheme

Gulliver’s ‘EuroTarp’ plea over state equity