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Eurozone must pool its debt for any chance of halting the crisis
Northerners may not like it, but a debt union is the only way out for the eurozone debt crisis, writes Left Foot Forward's Ben Fox in Brussels.
Labour should break from the consensus and call for Greece to default
Labour needs to have an independent voice on Greece; the party's internationalism puts it on the side of the Greek people, writes Labour MP Barry Gardiner.
Greece: The game is nearly up
The longer the EU/IMF continues along its current path, the greater the chance of a second major financial catastrophe, engulfing not just Greece but much of Europe.
Is it really best if Greece goes bust?
Ben Fox berates the eurozone for dithering and duplicity over the Greek debt crisis and asks which of the available options are best for Greece.
What would happen if Spain follows Ireland over the edge?
On Monday the big news of the day was the Ireland bailout. Yesterday, the follow-on story was Portugal’s general strike which could push the country over the edge. But the nagging doubt in everyone’s minds in the European power-centres today will be neither: it will be the much worse possibility, remote or otherwise, that Spain might follow: Spanish euro spreads reached a record 260 basis points yesterday, making it is very expensive for Spain to borrow.