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Meeting on Greek debt deal that was pencilled in for Monday evening will not happen, says Eurogroup president. The president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers...

Only the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom say they will not join; non-euro countries to attend at least one annual eurozone meeting.

Deal on treaty for permanent eurozone bail-out expected; leaders to discuss growth and jobs. EU leaders meeting in Brussels today will approve a permanent eurozone bail-out...

Talks under way on inter-governmental treaty; Poland concerned about latest draft. Leaders of EU member states have started talks in Brussels, with most of the text of an...

Tusk wants Poland to attend eurozone talks; leaders seek agreement on fiscal compact treaty. Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, is threatening to keep his country out of...

Finance ministers from the eurozone's 17 member states will hold their first meeting of the year on Monday (23 January), with little sign that the sovereign-debt crisis is...

Draft treaty says future eurozone bail-outs will be conditional on signing up to the fiscal union treaty. Eurozone countries will only be eligible for aid from the permanent...

The eurozone's policy-making, not its economic fundamentals, are the real threat to the single currency. Great empires rarely succumb to outside attacks. But they often...

Rate to fall to 2.8% in December. Inflation in the 17-country eurozone is expected to be 2.8% in December 2011, according to the latest estimate from Eurostat, the EU's...

Ireland's prime minister hopes to avoid a popular vote on inter-governmental treaty. Ireland will hold a referendum on the proposed inter-governmental treaty on

Conference call to be held this afternoon. The European Union's 27 finance ministers will hold a conference call this afternoon (19 December) to discuss additional...

Inter-governmental treaty on reinforced economic union could come into force when ratified by nine member states.

Last week's European Council was supposed to save the eurozone. It made things much, much worse. Months, if not years, will be needed to get a true perspective on last week's...

The incoming Danish presidency is split on the bigger questions of European policy, but it should have no problem pushing forward day-to-day work. Those in Brussels wanting a...

Cameron blocked plans for treaty change; Merkel ‘satisfied' with inter-governmental deal. Signing up or staying out Cameron's stance leaves UK...

Possibility of parliamentary disapproval and the need for referenda place question marks over EU's new economic treaty. Nine of the ten EU member states that do not use the...

Any last-ditch plan that EU leaders devise to save the eurozone must involve a greater role for the European Central Bank. At least three times since May 2010, the European...

Germany's chancellor is ignoring advice from all sides on how to deal with the eurozone crisis. If she gets it wrong, the effects will be catastrophic. As far as one can...

EU's presidency believes Germany will accept central-bank role in exchange for changes to the EU treaty. The Polish presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers believes...

Poland's foreign minister says Germany should take responsibility for crisis response, and calls for re-organisation of EU institutions. Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's foreign...