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A dozen states reject proposed joint budget for single currency area
Merkel and Macron take tentative steps towards eurozone reform
Criticism of German chancellor adds to tension between coalition partners
Meseberg meeting is a small step for the euro economy, a bigger leap for its politics
Deal has symbolic weight but falls short of French hopes
The leaders will arrive at the EU summit with opposing visions for the future
Finance minister claims solid progress ahead of meeting this week
What matters most is the leaders’ sense of what it is possible to do together
With or without reform, governments retain room for manoeuvre
With more room for manoeuvre, the central bank could have acted earlier in the crisis
A bargain is looking more likely, but will ignore what matters most
Take stock of the work already done to see what more is needed
First principles on what a well-tuned monetary union must do
The biggest threat to the bloc is the toxic combination of mistrust and untruths
New prime minister said to be ‘closer to France than Germany’ on eurozone reform goals
More risk sharing could create ‘dubious incentives’, Jens Weidmann warns
Germany’s chancellor offers a unifying economic plan to mollify a divided Europe
The German chancellor offered a level of detail that we haven’t seen before on the issue of eurozone reform
German chancellor’s ideas fall far short of Macron’s ambitious plans
Stop treating the euro as an article of faith and fight for its sustainability
A populist coalition in Rome exposes single currency’s fragilities
Loan scheme for single currency members is less ambitious than idea proposed by Macron
Populists will fight a snap election on the choice between local control and the ECB
Richer governments wanted measures to make financial sector bear burden of losses
