Twin threats to eurozone stability recede

Three important events were due to take place on the 12 September 2012 with some bearing on the economic difficulties facing the eurozone. Features preview the significance of the events (see the links to the related urls for more background on each separate event).

1. State of the Union speech by the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and launching of proposals for a banking union.
2. General Election in The Netherlands
3. Ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany on the constitutionality of the eurozone's permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism.

ESO: Background information: ECB's Mario Draghi unveils bond-buying euro debt plan http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecbs-mario-draghi-unveils-bond-buying-euro-debt-plan/

ESO: Background information: Rutte caught in euro pincer attack http://www.europeansources.info/record/rutte-caught-in-euro-pincer-attack/

ESO: Background information: Dutch general election, 2012 http://www.europeansources.info/record/dutch-general-election-2012/

ESO: Background information: The German Constitutional Court and the ESM: What’s at stake? http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-the-german-constitutional-court-and-the-esm-whats-at-stake/

ESO: Background information: Brussels pushes for wide ECB powers http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-pushes-for-wide-ecb-powers/

EUObserver, 9.9.12: German court and Dutch elections to shape WEEK ahead http://euobserver.com/agenda/117479

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