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→  December 9, 2011

To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download website. 10:18pm UK, Friday December 09, 2011 Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted he put Britain’s interests first by using a veto to avoid signing up to a new European economic treaty. Mr Cameron has [...]

Eurozone Crisis: Tories Call For EU Referendum →  December 7, 2011

David Cameron is facing pressure from senior Conservatives to call a referendum over Europe if a treaty change is proposed at the eurozone crisis summit in Brussels. London mayor Boris Johnson said: “If Britain was asked to sign up to such a thing within the 27 (EU members), it would be right for us either [...]

→  December 6, 2011

By Luke Baker and David Lawder BRUSSELS/BERLIN | Tue Dec 6, 2011 5:41pm EST BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw his weight on Tuesday behind a Franco-German plan to tackle the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis and said the European Central Bank had to play a major role in any solution. Geithner offered [...]

→  December 3, 2011

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Sat Dec 3, 2011 7:17am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro zone will once again serve as the source of Wall Street’s angst, as investors look to a summit of the region’s political leaders for decisive solutions for the ballooning debt crisis. Stocks posted their best week in [...]