Chapter 1 - Economic policy

European Voice, 29 November 2011- Barack Obama, the US president, told leaders of the EU's institutions today that the US was prepared to help the eurozone tackle its debt crisis.

Markets react positively to talks for speeding the EU decision making process -

MercoPress, 29 November 2011- Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the Euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market rout of European debt eased temporarily on hopes of outside help for Italy and Spain.

Eurozone must be saved or EU may fall -

New Europe, 28 November 2011- Debt markets have 'told' European leaders that there is no time to lose if they want to save the European money zone and the euro.