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When he heads to the EU summit, he will be one of the few left-wingers at the table in a Europe where center-right governments, led by neighboring France and Germany, are steering the Continent's course.

Belgium, at Last, Forms Government Frances Robinson 2011

As their new proposal heads to the European Council for its consideration, we'll get a good look at whether the Continent's two largest economies have truly found common ground, or if they have merely diluted their principles into meaninglessness.

What Berlin and Paris Wrought 2011

Europe's banks are sitting on vast quantities of loans to individuals and businesses in cash-strapped Southern European countries, highlighting another potential risk to the Continent's troubled banking system.

What's News: Business & Finance 2011

But the greatest test is still to come: Does Europe yet have the tools to block the crisis from spreading deep into the Continent's core?

Europe Debt Plan Relieves Pressure Charles Forelle 2011

LONDON—Europe's banks are sitting on vast quantities of loans to individuals and businesses in cash-strapped Southern European countries, highlighting how plain-vanilla loans, not just government debt, pose potential risks to the Continent's troubled banking system.

Southern Exposure for Europe's Banks David Enrich 2011

Now Mr. Draghi, in his new role at the helm of the ECB, will be a key player, with other European governments, in trying to curb the Continent's continuing debt crisis.

Draghi Warns Italy to Trim Public Spending Christopher Emsden 2011

Meanwhile, leaders of the Continent's three largest economies met and pledged to work toward the closer political and economic integration most analysts say is needed—but with no specifics, meaning the pace for such efforts still lags behind the market's demand.

Options Dwindle for Euro Crisis Stephen Fidler 2011

The glow of last week's European Union summit faded from the markets on Monday as global investors drove down stocks, bonds and the euro amid concern about the Continent's ability to tackle its debt crisis.

Markets Doubt Europe Deal Tom Lauricella 2011

The results of Europe's latest round of bank "stress tests"—meant to help defuse the Continent's financial crisis by easing fears that many banks are vulnerable to huge unforeseen losses—were postponed until July as European regulators worried that banks and their national supervisors had submitted overly optimistic data.

Jobs, Romney, Syria, Groupon, Gmail Attack 2011

Business & Finance *** Europe's stress tests show the vast quantities of loans that banks have made to individuals and businesses in cash-strapped European countries, highlighting another potential risk to the Continent's troubled banking system.

What's News 2011