Ten crucial days in race to save euro

Article previews ten days of important EU and eurozone meetings leading up to the European Council, Brussels, 8-9 December 2011 that the writers suggest could prove pivotal to Europe’s increasingly frantic efforts to rescue the single currency.

European Union leaders might agree to overhaul the European Union treaties for a historic leap forward in the bloc’s economic and political integration.

Tim Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, travelled to Europe prior to the summit meeting to cajole leaders into striking a confidence-boosting deal at the summit.

EUObserver, 2.12.11: Obama 'very engaged' in eurozone rescue talks http://euobserver.com/19/114487

Deutsche Welle, 30.11.11: A new timetable for the rescue of the euro http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15567550,00.html

ESO: Background information: Desperate eurozone chiefs look to IMF http://www.europeansources.info/record/desperate-eurozone-chiefs-look-to-imf/

ESO: Background information: Clash of styles in race to save single currency http://www.europeansources.info/record/clash-of-styles-in-race-to-save-single-currency-battle-of-wills-rages-over-european-fiscal-rules/

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