Berlin and Paris lead vote of confidence

Feature cover developments in the eurozone debt crisis on the 8 August 2011.

EUObserver, 8.8.11: Rehn: EU rescue mechanisms in effect by September http://euobserver.com/1016/113220

ESO: Background information: ECB bond intervention set to spur debate http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecb-bond-intervention-set-to-spur-debate-ecb-and-g7-signal-readiness-to-intervene/

ESO: Background information: Spain pledges fresh €5bn action on deficit http://www.europeansources.info/record/spain-pledges-fresh-e5bn-action-on-deficit/

ESO: Background information: Berlusconi takes seaside view of crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/berlusconi-takes-seaside-view-of-crisis/

EurActiv, 9.8.11: Global action fails to appease markets http://www.euractiv.com/en/euro-finance/global-action-fails-appease-markets-news-506938

Deutsche Welle, 8.8.11: Asian stock markets sink after collapse in investor confidence http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15301667,00.html

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