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"Clearly if we can succeed in bringing more democracy and more stability to North Africa and the Middle East that will be the greatest achievement for the E.U. since enlargement," he added, referring to the bloc's expansion to bring in former Communist states.

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Mr. León, formerly chief of staff to Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodrigo Zapatero, is tasked with coordinating the 27-nation bloc's financial and political response to the Arab Spring.

Envoy: Remember North Africa in Crisis Laurence Norman 2011

Global tectonic plates are shifting, China and the other emerging markets surge on at a pace unthinkable to the bloc's previous political generation.

China's Leaving Europe in the Slow Lane David Cottle 2011

In the foreign exchanges, the dollar fell against the euro, which climbed after euro-zone leaders agreed to expand the single currency bloc's temporary bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, to its full capacity of €440 billion.

Insurance, Nuclear Worries Hit European Stocks Ishaq Siddiqi 2011

ECB officials have elevated their anti-inflation rhetoric over the past two weeks, signaling they are willing to raise interest rates if inflationary pressures take hold despite economic weakness in the euro bloc's fragile periphery, including Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain.

German Inflation Hits Two-Year High Nina Koeppen 2011

Stocks and government bonds fell sharply Monday as investors cut their exposure to Italy on fears the eurozone's third-biggest economy could fall into the bloc's sovereign debt crisis.

European Officials Discuss Debt Crisis, Italy Vows Action 2011

Strauss-Kahn had been due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 15 and join euro zone finance ministers in Brussels the following day to discuss the bloc's debt crisis and how to handle the economic meltdown in Greece.

Dominique Strauss-Khan tried to claim diplomatic immunity 2011

But thanks partly to design flaws in the creation of the single currency and gaping holes in its governance, the bloc's finances are far from stable.

ECB Must Say 'No More' to Flexibility Demands Simon Nixon 2011

The report marked the IMF's strongest warning to date about the viability of the 12-year-old euro, as officials in some of the currency bloc's stronger economies fight off a public backlash against expensive rescues of their debt-saddled neighbors.

IMF Warns Euro-Zone Crisis Risks Global Spillover Sudeep Reddy 2011

Stocks and government bonds fell sharply Monday as investors cut their exposure to Italy on fears the eurozone's third-biggest economy could fall into the bloc's sovereign debt crisis.

European Officials Discuss Debt Crisis, Italy Vows Action 2011