Oct 25 Watch Why Hasn’t the Euro Debt Crisis Been a More Prominent Campaign Topic? Why Hasn't the Euro Debt Crisis Been a More Prominent Campaign Topic?… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens Spanish and Greek Responses to Debt Crisis Unleash Backlash from Citizens… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch Protesters March on Greek Parliament to Protest Wage Cuts and Privatization With nearly 70,000 people marching toward the parliament in Athens, Greece saw its largest protests since May 2011. Greeks were angered by cuts in wages, pensions and welfare that the debt-ridden country enacted to meet budget targets. Independent Television News'… Continue watching
Sep 11 Upcoming Votes Test European Debt Crisis Response A worker in Utrecht, the Netherlands, hangs a poster of one of the parties taking part in Wednesday's Dutch parliamentary elections. Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images. Updated on Sept. 12: Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave the green… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch EU Ambassador on Debt Crisis Deal: ‘Major Step Forward’ EU Ambassador to the United States Joao Vale de Almeida told Jeffrey Brown an agreement among eurozone nations that includes creating a bank rescue fund is a "major step forward" in solving the region's debt crisis. Continue watching
Jun 11 Watch Is Spain ‘in Denial’ Over Growing Banking Crisis? As Spain secured up to $125 billion from the eurozone to bolster its ailing banks, early optimism was overshadowed by worries that the amount might not be enough. Judy Woodruff discusses the bailout with Douglas Rediker of the New America… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch News Wrap: Eurozone Ministers Move Closer to Granting Greece Next Bailout In other news Monday, Eurozone finance ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels that Greece must implement more austerity measures before they approve a $171 billion bailout package to avoid defaulting on its debts. Also, U.N. inspectors began a two-day… Continue watching
Feb 09 Watch Austerity Plan Might Ease Greece Out of its 2-Year Debt Crisis After weeks of negotiations, Greece's political leaders wrapped up a controversial agreement Thursday on yet another round of austerity measures. Though the deal received some praise, Germany said it fell short while workers in Greece took to the streets to… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch Protests Against Austerity Measures Greet EU Members in Brussels In their 17th meeting in two years, leaders of 27 member states of the European Union reconvened in hopes of taming an economic crisis that threatens to entangle the continent in another recession. Margaret Warner reports from Belgium's capital on… Continue watching
Jan 26 Could Greece Fire Off a Global Credit Freeze? Pedestrians pass an entrance to the Greek finance ministry in Athens. European stocks declined from a five-month high as the region's finance ministers failed to agree on a debt-swap deal for Greece and called for a greater contribution from… Continue reading