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Leaders have gloated over the failings of others' economies – only to see their own economies slip on banana skins. The protracted financial and economic crisis discredited...

The G20 is usually doomed to disappoint. The date of the G20 summit in Cannes on 3-4 November has become a deadline for the eurozone to sort out its sovereign-debt crisis....

Economic models and projections are incapable of capturing the scale of the threat to Europe's and the world's economy. Economic forecasts are sophisticated, computer-...

France and Germany push for tax on dealing but there is concern over driving investors away from the EU. With turmoil persisting in the eurozone, France and Germany are...

21 July agreement unravelled within weeks and markets concerned by lack of co-ordination. MEPs seek answers on summit deals Missed opportunity for Merkel and...

Actions by ECB, G7 and G20 send 'strong message of confidence'. The European Commission has welcomed moves by the European Central Bank (ECB) and others to calm financial...

Focus on US credit downgrade, Italian bonds. Finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 group of the world's richest countries will hold an emergency conference call...

Never mind another recession. What Europe (and the world) faces is something much more sinister and catastrophic. Christine Lagarde, until recently the finance minister of...

Latest €12bn depends on Greece introducing austerity measures. Finance ministers of the 17 countries which use the euro have delayed a final decision on releasing a...

The world economy will remain unusually fluid over the next three to five years. Colleagues from around the world recently gathered at PIMCO's headquarters in California...

EU looking at changes to its aid policies as the world's poorest states are increasingly unable to cope. Last week (20 May), the European Union pledged €54.5 million to...

Why Japan's decade was not ‘lost' – and what that tells us about the prospects for Europe's economies. The first decade of this century started with the so-called...

Loss of global influence and a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union beckon for the United Kingdom unless it decides to embrace the euro in the next decade....

The EU makes its presence felt at the G20. The EU's over-representation at meetings of the G20 continues. At past summits, both Spain and the Netherlands have managed, by...

It is impossible to prevent future economic crises, but it is possible for European decision-makers to minimise the damage. “Never again” is the mantra that many...

Panic spreads on markets as yields on Portuguese and Spanish bonds reach new highs. Eurozone leaders are coming under pressure from the markets to send a strong message of...

Sweden proposes a fee to fund bail-outs but plan receives cautious response from ministers. European governments will attempt over the coming months to agree on how the...

Luxembourg's prime minister defends role of G7 after attack by IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn Jean-Claude Juncker, the Luxembourg prime minister who chairs...

It's Sunday, there must be a summit. When Europe's political leaders meet on a Sunday, it is a fair bet that they are not playing by the rules. Last Sunday (22 February),...

List of "unco-operative" tax havens could be drafted for 10 March meeting of EU finance ministers. The leaders of the European Union's biggest economies agreed on Sunday...