Markets give eurozone plan cool reception

Report of the reactions to the outcomne of the meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, 16 August 2011 to discuss the eurozone financial crisis.

Financial markets and fellow European leaders reacted coolly on the 17 August 2011 to proposals by the French and German leaders for more economic co-ordination between eurozone capitals, with several countries such as ireland, Finland and Austria reiterating long-held reservations towards ceding control of tax and economic policies.

EUObserver, 18.8.11: Van Rompuy tipped to chair new 'economic government' http://euobserver.com/19/113336

Spiegel Online International, 18.8.11: The Great Debt-Brake Swindle http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,781069,00.html

Spiegel Online International, 18.8.11: Will Merkel's Coalition Hinder Euro Rescue? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,781077,00.html

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Sarkozy pledge to defend euro http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-and-germany-plan-joint-taxation-merkel-and-sarkozy-pledge-to-defend-euro/

EurActiv, 19.8.11: Bankers, economists see eurobonds as inevitable: Poll http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/bankers-economists-see-eurobonds-news-507043

PressEurop, 19.8.11: Markets deaf to Sarkozy-Merkel entreaties http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/872281-markets-deaf-sarkozy-merkel-entreaties

PressEurop, 19.8.11: One way out: a federal government http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/870931-one-way-out-federal-government

PressEurop: Briefings: Panic in the Eurozone http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/topic/773521-panic-eurozone

The Times, 18.8.11: Forward the euro – without Germany (Via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/867271-forward-euro-without-germany

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